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Chicken by the numbers: the poultry remains a highly popular protein.

Publication: Meat & Deli Retailer
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Chicken by the numbers: the poultry remains a highly popular protein.(NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL COLUMN)

Article Excerpt
Higher production expenses--fueled in part by rising feed costs that are an outgrowth of a federal policy that has increased the amount of ethanol required in gasoline--is resulting in steeper retail prices for all major proteins.

Chicken broilers, for instance, in 2008 had an estimated retail price of $1.25 a pound, up from $1.13 in 2007, according to the U.S. Department...

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