date:Jun 26, 2015
US - Total supplies of beef, pork, chicken and turkey in cold storage at the end of May were 2.299 billion pounds, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
That total is 15.6 per cent higher than a year ago and 6.6 per cent higher than the five year average.
Inventories were down 2 per cent from the previous month, when normally stocks increase slightly during this time of year.
Higher pork and chicken production and larger imports have all contributed to the surge in cold storage inventories.
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