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  2. Broiler industry - Wikipedia

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    Of this, 35.2 million kg were mature (non-broiler)slaughters, meaning about 96% of chicken consumption was broilers. By revenue, chicken processing is about 1/4 of the meat packing business. The top 8 processors account 66% of the market. [1] In 2005 there were 175 primary poultry processing plants. [1] The five largest firms are, in order:

  3. List of countries by meat production - Wikipedia

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    Global meat production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data , meat production has more than quintupled since 1961, reaching around 361 million tonnes in 2022. [ 1 ]

  4. List of largest poultry slaughtering companies in Europe

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    The list comprises companies that are all slaughtering chicken and most of them additionally other poultry such as turkey and ducks. The companies are also active in meat processing and packing as well as the production of meat products such as sausages. [1]

  5. Broiler - Wikipedia

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    Mass production of chicken meat is a global industry and at that time, only two or three breeding companies supplied around 90% of the world's breeder-broilers. The total number of meat chickens produced in the world was nearly 47 billion in 2004; of these, approximately 19% were produced in the US, 15% in China, 13% in the EU25 and 11% in Brazil.

  6. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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    A dual-purpose chicken is a type of chicken that may be used in the production of both eggs and meat. [42] In the past, many chicken breeds were selected for both functions. However, since the advent of laying and meat hybrids, industrial chicken breeding has made a sharp distinction between chickens with either function, [ 43 ] so that certain ...

  7. List of countries by meat consumption - Wikipedia

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    "Meat Atlas 2021, facts and figures about animals we eat" (PDF). Friends of the Earth, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland. September 2021; Brown, Felicity (2 September 2009). "Meat consumption per capita". TheGuardian.com

  8. Poultry - Wikipedia

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    Global broiler meat production rose to 84.6 million tonnes in 2013. The largest producers were the United States (20%), China (16.6%), Brazil (15.1%) and the European Union (11.3%). [ 59 ] There are two distinct models of production; the European Union supply chain model seeks to supply products which can be traced back to the farm of origin.

  9. List of countries by live animal exports - Wikipedia

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    Country Value Main exports 1 France 2,400 Cattle, Horse, Pig, Chicken and Bovine: 2 Netherlands 2,297 Pig, Horse, Chicken and Cattle: 3 Denmark 1,547 Pig, Cattle ...