August 2023

Commercial duck meat gains traction in US

WATT Poultry USA August 2023
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Chicken meat accounts for approximately 60% of Mexico’s meat consumption and, its cost rising significantly, per capita chicken meat consumption in the country continues to rise.
Broilers
Mexico’s broiler sector to continue expansion in 2023

Vaccination programs for Salmonella in turkeys need to evolve for the industry to further reduce prevalence in turkey products and prevent future outbreaks.
Food Safety
Salmonella vaccination is problematic for turkey producers
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Chicken Marketing Summit News
Wayne-Sanderson Farms recipe finder wows chicken consumers
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Chicken Marketing Summit News
Wayne-Sanderson Farms recipe finder wows chicken consumers
As slaughter weights for toms have increased, pounds housed per square foot have increased for market-age birds if stocking densities haven’t been lowered.
Turkey
Exploring the floor space, turkey performance tradeoff
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Consumer Trends
Commercial duck meat gains traction in US
Consumer interest in this alternative poultry protein is growing, but there’s still a lot to learn about raising commercial meat ducks.
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Ducks have better disease tolerance than other poultry species, however, when kept in confinement, they have high feed wastage due to the shovel-shape of their bills.
Broilers & Turkeys
Darkling beetles: An economic threat to poultry producers
If the industry could determine the economic impact darkling beetles present to producers, it will be one step closer to eliminating them.
August 21, 2023
Darkling beetles can remain inside a broiler's gut and decrease the amount of feed a bird can consume, impacting nutrition and reducing weight gain.
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