WASHINGTON — Lower grain prices and an improved domestic economy are expected to result in higher broiler meat production in the second half of 2013 and into 2014, according to USDA's Economic Research Service.
The ERS latest "Livestock Dairy and Poultry Outlook" said broiler meat production in the second half of 2013 is expected to total 19.1 billion pounds, 3 percent higher than the previous year.
Falling grain prices are also expected to impact turkey production, but not until 2014. Egg prices averaged $1.10 per dozen in second-quarter 2013, 10 percent above the previous year. Prices have. . .
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