Profits more than double on strong sales.

The company signs a joint venture agreement with a local chicken producer.

Total live weight of inspected poultry also declines.

Red-meat stocks decline, while poultry supplies increase.

Chickens placed for meat production increases 2%.

Industrias Bachoco plans to acquire the breeding assets of Arkansas-based Morris Hatchery Inc.

The four firms specialize in poultry and broiler chicken breeding.

Texas A&M puts an academic spin on the art of barbecue cooking.

Numbers of chicks placed sees slight increase.

Turkeys, ducks both decline 3%.