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Poultry and egg statistics, August 2016

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Released: 2016-10-28

Egg production in August increased 6.9% from the same month a year earlier to 62.7 million dozen.

In September, placements of hatchery chicks on farms rose 2.7% compared with the same month a year earlier to 61.6 million birds.

Stocks of frozen poultry meat in cold storage on October 1, 2016, totalled 86 900 tonnes, up 14.8% from the same date a year earlier.

  Note to readers

Poultry and egg statistics are available for Canada and the provinces.

Data on egg production are available for August. Data on the placements of hatchery chicks and turkey poults are available for September. Data on stocks of frozen eggs and poultry meats as well as edible dried egg products are available for October.

These data are subject to revision.

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For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; STATCAN.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.STATCAN@canada.ca).

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