A26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15,1981
Broiler placements down
HARRISBURG Placements of
broiler chicks in the Com
monwealth during the week ending
August 1 were 2,149,000, according
to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
The placements were seven
percent below the corresponding
week a year ago and eight percent
below the previous week. Average
placements during the past nine
weeks were three percent above a
year ago.
Placements in the 19 key poultry
producing states were 79,542,000,
three percent above the previous
week and seven percent above the
same week a year earlier. Average
placements m the 19 key states
during the past nine weeks were
five percent above a year ago
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