Turkish poultry production up in February

By Gokhan Ergocun

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's hen egg and chicken meat production rose in February, compared to the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said on Friday.

According to Turkstat, hen egg production in the country increased 3.7 percent year-on-year in February. However on a monthly basis, it saw a decrease of 8.4 percent.

"Chicken meat production decreased by 8.2 percent in February compared with the previous month, and increased by 7.8 percent compared with the same month of the previous year," TurkStat said.

TurkStat added that turkey meat production jumped by 91.9 percent in February compared to the same month last year.