date:Mar 04, 2014
French poultry slaughtering figures recorded a sharp 11 per cent year-on-year drop in December 2013 with a total of just over 70 million birds.
Government agricultural statistics agency Agreste reports (1) a 10 per cent drop in slaughter yields for both chickens and ducks, with a 19 per centdecrease in turkeys for the month.
There was a cumulative 12 per cent drop in turkey slaughterings for the calendar year 2013 and a 10.6 per cent fall in turkey tonnages.
This is reflected in the poultry s