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By Robert Cyran
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bigger and faster-growing fowl keep pushing prices lower and consumption higher. The $50 bln US industry is cooking, evidenced by Pilgrim’s Pride’s profitability, Chick-fil-A’s entertainment app, and more. None of it, though, will end a cyclicality that runs like cluckwork.
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Pilgrim’s Pride, a producer of poultry and pork, is due to report its third-quarter financial results on Oct. 31.
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