Major challenge ahead for seasonal producers

The British Poultry Council’s Máire Burnett has spoken of the challenge free-range meat producers face if avian influenza causes another housing order to be put in place next winter. While most seasonal producers had slaughtered the majority of stock by the time birds were ordered indoors last year, farmers would have to accept it could happen again in 2017. Housing 250,000 geese is impossible “It’s highly likely we could have AI this coming winter, and from the summer onwards there’s