Case Study: Spanish broiler growth flat lines

Lower feed prices and an expected higher demand on domestic consumption allowed Spanish broiler production to increase by 10% in 2014. However, production in the country is not expected to continue to grow in 2015 and 2016 due to the current low economic margins received by broiler producers. Spanish broiler production represents 11.1% of the total EU broiler meat production and the fourth largest producer after Poland, UK and Germany. Official data in 2014 shows the Spanish poultry sector acco