Special Report

Corn, soybean growers helped by poultry and egg exports

Record exports of U.S. poultry and eggs are also a benefit to corn and soybean growers. Poultry and egg exports totaling $5.7 billion in 2012 increased demand for chicken feed, according to Greg Tyler, vice-president of marketing for the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council.

“The more that we can continue to grow these export markets and expand the number of export markets, the better off that we’re going to be here in the U.S. on the production side, because we can continue to grow production and at the same time continue the usage of U.S. soybean meal and corn,” Tyler told Brownfield Ag News.

Domestically, poultry and egg consumption will grow with the population, said Tyler, but he says most of the increases in demand will be from overseas.

AUDIO: Greg Tyler (8 min. MP3)