Poultry and egg statistics, September 2018
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Released: 2018-09-28
Stocks of frozen poultry meat in cold storage increased 11.6% from September 1, 2017, to 104 116 tonnes on September 1. As in previous years, turkey holds the largest portion of stocks of frozen poultry meat during the pre-Thanksgiving season.
In August, placements of hatchery chicks on farms increased 1.0% compared with August 2017 to 69.8 million birds. Over the same period, placements of turkey poults decreased 3.0% to 1.8 million birds.
Continuing its steady growth on a year-over-year basis, egg production rose 4.6% from July 2017 to 67.8 million dozen in July, while the value of production of eggs increased 8.8% to $127 million.
Chart 1
Share of stocks of frozen poultry meat
Chart 2
Production of eggs and value of production of eggs, percentage change, January 2016 to July 2018
Note to readers
Poultry and egg statistics are available for Canada and the provinces.
Data on stocks of frozen eggs and poultry meats as well as edible dried egg products are available for September 2018. Data on the placements of hatchery chicks and turkey poults are available for August 2018. Data on egg production are available for July 2018.
These data are subject to revision.
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