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Demand strong, but record-high costs hammer poultry producers.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-MAY-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Demand strong, but record-high costs hammer poultry producers.(Mississippi Agribusiness)

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Special to the Mississippi Business Journal

Demand for poultry products remains strong, but high production costs continue to put a strain on producers' pocketbooks.

John Anderson, agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said production costs have soared to historic levels because of high feed prices and climbing diesel fuel prices.

Unprecedented prices

"The biggest factor facing poultry and other livestock industries is record-high feed prices. We have never been in a feed-price situation as difficult as this," Anderson said.

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