Keeping chicken affordable during major cost and supply challenges

31-12-2022 | Market trends/analysis | Article

The supply and demand imbalance was one of the largest issues facing the sector with perhaps a quarter of consumers cutting right back on food spending. Photo: Joris Telders

Energy costs have become the largest challenge facing the poultry sector, with higher feed, distribution and labour costs affecting the industry in Europe, North America and northeast Asia. Rabobank warns that in Europe, the industry should prepare for a high-cost impact on production and storage, and potential disruption of the availability of inputs, such as packaging material and CO2 for gas stunning in case of a shut off. Along with ongoing avian influenza cases and its associated trade i