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Poultry in Cold Storage Slips

WASHINGTON - Sep 21/05 - SNS -- Total frozen poultry supplies at the end of July were down 2% from the previous month, and 8% below last year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage.

At 691.3 million pounds, total stocks of chicken were down 3% from the previous month, and down 5% from last year.

At 525 million pounds, total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 2.7 million pounds from last month and down 34% from last year.

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