Plant Blaze Fails to Dampen Poultry Output
CHILE – Chilean poultry production rocketed through January and February despite major product losses being incurred at a processing plant fire.
28 March 2014
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By: Poultry sector output lifted 20 per cent while profits contracted four per cent for January, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s March Outlook.
This took poultry meat production to a new monthly high of 58,955 in January.
Bigger birds pushed average weights up 0.4 kilos from 2.2 kg to 2.6kg.
Pork production slumped 16 per cent leading to a rise in February’s wholesale price – up 8.7 per cent.
Overall however, pork prices are running 6 per cent lower for 2014.
Pork export fell 25 per cent, almost matched by imports – up 25.4 per cent.
The Ministry calculated a 5,300 tonne export drop as 1,200 more tonnes more than normal was imported.
