The USDA says poultry production for March was up 3% on the year.
Out of the monthly total of 4.579 billion pounds, 4.046 billion pounds of that was chicken, an increase of 3% on the year, with turkey at 521.899 million pounds, 3% higher.
The chicken slaughter was up 2% at 840.514 million head and the turkey slaughter was 1% faster at 19.557 million head, with average live weights mostly steady to higher than a year ago.
