Industry trendwatcher offers insights on future of antibiotic-free poultry production

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  More than half of US broilers raised without antibiotics in 2018

  Broilers raised without antibiotics accounted for 51% of total US production in 2018 — an 11-point jump from the previous year and, more significantly, up from 3% in 2014.