date:Apr 25, 2014
rk stores were 11 per cent lower at the end of March, at 575 million lbs (260,000 tonnes), while chicken was down just 5 per cent , at 588 million lbs (267,000 tonnes).
Turkey stores were 16 per cent lower, at 336 million lbs (152,000 tonnes), and are following the normal seasonal growth pattern for this time of year.
An MLA spokesperson said: The declining inventories of meat are a contributing factor to the very high and volatile meat prices of the last few months in the US, with end users a