world issues

PoultryCast 0099 Show Notes:

• Special transportation issues program featuring Executive Director of the Agricultural Transportation Coalition Peter Friedmann. No shortage of containers... its a shortage of ships at U.S. ports.

PoultryCast 0096 Show Notes:

• Pilgrim's Pride five percent production reduction planned for second half of the year
• Water availability looks good for western U.S. which bodes well for 2008 grain production
• Feed quality issues becoming an international concern with micro-nutrients sourced from world-wide suppliers
• Finding lowest-cost can open the door to unanticipated quality problems