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Drown them in vats over high feed costs in chicken trade
Madison Clement, Waco Texas, bought 42,000 day old chicks last Tuesday and drowned them Saturday to avoid feeding costs as price freezes squeeze poultry producers. He joins others destroying fertilized eggs and reducing broiler output while awaiting a market rebound. Retail prices for chicken lag behind rising feed costs, with South and Southwest processors facing shortages in eight to ten weeks.
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Madison Clement
Clement
Clement Grain Co
Waco
Tex
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Texas
Biddle
Walter Sheffield
Smiley
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