{"id":87385,"date":"2026-06-26T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/poultry-slaughter-data-ready-to-cook-weight-up-1-year-over-year\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:16:56","slug":"poultry-slaughter-data-ready-to-cook-weight-up-1-year-over-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/poultry-slaughter-data-ready-to-cook-weight-up-1-year-over-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Poultry Slaughter Data: Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 1% Year Over Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>According to the most recent poultry slaughter report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the ready-to-cook weight of slaughtered poultry has increased by one percent compared to the same time last year.<\/p><p>The report, which tracks poultry processing data across the country, offered limited additional detail beyond the year-over-year weight comparison.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest federal poultry slaughter report shows that ready-to-cook weight has risen one percent compared to the same period last year. The data comes from the USDA&#8217;s National Agricultural Statistics Service. No additional details were included in the brief report release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782501415735.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-mJr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43516,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/national-poultry-production-shows-5-weight-increase-over-previous-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":87385,"position":0},"title":"National Poultry Production Shows 5% Weight Increase Over Previous Year","author":"Admin","date":"March 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New federal data reveals that ready-to-cook poultry weight has climbed 5 percent compared to the same period last year. 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