Article: Breast meat soars; hogs up.(Livestock/Poultry)

At a Glance

* Chicken, turkey storage lends strong support to markets.

* Hog, pork production restraint and export volumes provide support.

Breast meat took wing last week, with chicken breast meat soaring 15 cents and turkey breast meat 40 cents--40 cents in one week --as production cutbacks left chicken supplies barely sufficient to demand and production losses left turkey supplies short, according to Feedstuffs sources contacted from the ID/ INFO Expo in Kansas City, Mo.

As a matter of history, chicken production for this year now trails year ago--an event few, if any, observers ever expected to witness in their lifetimes.

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