EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS DECEMBER 2012 – ISSUE 24
Turkey Output Slowly Heads Towards Six Million Tonnes Global production of turkey meat in 2012 will come close to 5.75 million tonnes, according to Terry Evans in his latest analysis of the current state and future trends in the global turkey industry. The estimate for 2012 by the USDA of 5.3 million tonnes is understated as it does not include production in some countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia or Oceania. Also, the latest figures for the US have since
been revised upwards (Table 1). These changes, coupled with some amendments to the published Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) data, mean that the forecasts for 2011 and 2012 in Table 1 are not directly comparable to those for the preceding years, which are taken from the FAO, as this is the one organisation that attempts to present data for all countries. This feature is continued on page 4
NOVEDAD: Enfoque latinoamericano del editor principal de ElSitioAvicola, Chris Wright