Hungary: In addition to epidemics, the biggest blow to the goose sector is the rise in feed prices

The domestic waterfowl industry is constantly struggling to stay afloat. Productivity has been affected by the avian influenza pandemic, and restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic have also pushed back production in the goose sector. Consumption of both goose meat and fattened geese can be felt. Backyard production is in decline, and geese can be sold in local markets in live or slaughtered form. Producers who produce commodities for slaughterhouses keep up to thousands of birds, but for them, an agreement with the integrator is advisable for sales. In the goose sector, about 8 key integrators bring together and control production. In the case of poultry for slaughter, a distinction must be made between poultry for fattening and poultry for fattening. In the direction of meat utilization, foreign competition must also be taken into account, for example, the Polish supply in the market of cut goods - points out the special conditions of the goose sector, according to the ...