US poultry industry strives for profitability

The shortage and consequently increasing price of maize is causing problems for the US poultry industry. Meanwhile meat consumption levels are going down. To maintain operational margins broiler integrators have voluntarily reduced production to keep the market price at a fair level. Rationalisation of production has placed a cap on new projects and capital is only expended to improve in-plant efficiency. By Dr Simon M. Shane, Durham, NC, USA Continuing high ingredient costs with