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July poultry production up 1% on year

USDA reports poultry production for July 2014 was up 1% on the year at 3.887 billion pounds. Most of that, 3.375 billion pounds, was chicken, with turkey at 500.427 million pounds.

The preliminary live weight of all poultry was 5.129 billion pounds, 1% more than July 2013, with chicken at 4.487 billion pounds and turkey at 625.652 million.

Average weights were all above a year ago, with young chicken averaging 5.95 pounds per bird and turkey at 30.1 pounds.

Ante-mortem condemnations were 11.349 million pounds, or 0.22% of the preliminary live weight and post-mortem condemnations were 36.893 million pounds, 0.94% of monthly production.

For the year to date, U.S. poultry production is 25.871 billion pounds, 1% more than this time last year.

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