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Canada's Poultry Placements Drop in 2005OTTAWA - Jan 26/06 - SNS -- Placements of hatchery chicks onto farms were estimated at 57.9 million birds in December, down 7.1% from December 2004, according to Statistics Canada. Placements of turkey poults on farms decreased 2.7% to 1.4 million birds. Despite the improvement in poultry placements in December, Canada's industry continued to shrink, with 2.19% fewer chicks placed in 2005 than was the case in 2004, for the third consecutive year over year decline. By contrast, turkey poult placements were across 2005, rising 8.86% above 2004, ending two years of declining numbers. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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