Cold Storage: End March Combined Meat/Poultry Nearly Flat on Month, +4.3% on Year
Combined meat and poultry stocks held in the nation's freezer warehouses at the end of March were reported at 2.207 billion pounds, nearly flat with the previous month but 4.3% more than a year ago, according to USDA's monthly cold storage data released Tuesday afternoon.
The combined stocks were down 3% from the five-year average of about 2.275 billion pounds.
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Chicken stocks were reported at 854.1 million pounds, down 1.1% from last month and nearly...
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