US chicken exports in June were 2.1% more than last year despite a 64.4% or 70 million pound decrease in trade with Russia. Like many other products, US chicken increasingly found a home in new market countries during June which,

in the case of chicken, more than offset the decline in trade with Russia. Fairly strong US chicken exports are likely to persist through the end of the year which is bullish for leg quarter prices. Significant chicken output cutbacks are projected to occur as early as mid September which may influence the wing and breast markets upward.