Chicken farming: Broiler chick prices show resilience in 2025

than it should have. The European Union resumed the purchase of chicken products from Brazil only in October, while China did it only in the first half of November. In any case, Brazil is regaining its export potential of between 450 and 500 thousand tons per month, operating with great prominence in the global context. Throughout the season, broiler chick placements remained at record levels, supported by strong demand. Processors concluded that increasing idle capacity would be more costly than maintaining elevated production levels. Their bet relied on the domestic market’s ability to absorb lower value-added proteins and on the lower hatch rates seen in recent years As a result, expectations point to record chick placements in 2025. According to APINCO data, around 5.5 billion chicks were placed from January to October, a 3% increase compared with the same period last year, when approximately 5.34 billion chicks were placed. The sector closes the year with good prospects. ...