US poultry sector in the spotlight

America is undoubtedly a land of good food. Eating well is part of the culture, with retailers and restaurants generating more than $5tn in sales every year, according to one estimate. The numbers relating to poultry meat are equally staggering… Nine billion broilers were produced in the US in 2015 – that’s more than 17,000 chickens grown every minute of every day. During the Superbowl weekend some 1.3bn wings were consumed. It was just before the Superbowl, as January turned to Februa