Compensation for culling poultry with avian influenza is going backwards in South Korea

Published 2021년 11월 17일

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Poultry farms in Korea are expressing dissatisfaction with the compensation system implemented during the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, claiming that it undervalues their losses and fails to cover production costs. The government's compensation is based on the average local market price of the month preceding the AI outbreak, which does not account for price fluctuations since the slaughter. Farmers also face difficulties in proving their production costs to receive compensation. The industry suggests a 'cost compensation' approach and calls for improvements to prevent further financial damage. Additionally, concerns have been raised about the potential for reduced compensation and increased fines for negligence in quarantine measures, as well as the lack of compensation for losses due to movement restrictions. So far, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has not shown signs of changing its stance on these issues.

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[Reporter Donghwi Seo of Livestock Newspaper] Discussion of realistic improvement of farmhouses... Winter without change Laying hens “reasonable to apply the average price one week before slaughter” Broilers and ducks call for ‘cost compensation’ rather than market price compensation “Incentive policy should increase the will to quarantine” public opinion Starting with the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) in Korea in the winter of November 2020, until March 28, when the special quarantine period ended, a total of 106 AI cases occurred in poultry farms. In addition, a total of 108 cullings were carried out, and the number of slaughtered poultry reached 30 million. As a result, many farmers have suffered this year as well. Moreover, the farmhouses that carried out preventive slaughter due to the implementation of the government's related quarantine measures, not the case of AI in the farm, should at least cause no damage, but in reality, this was not the case. ...

Source: Chuksannews