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26 September 2016
UK Poultry and Poultry Meat Statistics – August 2016
Key points
This release shows the latest monthly information on poultry statistics, including hatchery output, slaughtering and meat production volumes. The key results for August 2016 in comparison to August 2015 are given below:
- UK commercial layer chick placings were up by 4.6% to 2.2 million chicks.
- UK broiler chick placings were up by 3.3% at 77.3 million chicks.
- Turkey chick placings were down by 14% at 2.0 million chicks.
- Turkey slaughterings were down by 2.7% at 1.0 million birds.
- UK broiler slaughterings were 0.4% lower at 74.6 million birds.
- Total UK poultry meat production was 132 thousand tonnes, down 1.9%.
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