Slaughter of 40,000 German geese due to bird flu gave Polish poultry farmers a chance to make money by Christmas

Goose producers in Germany demand that they educate consumers about which goose lived in good conditions In many German families during the holidays, the main dish of the table is traditionally the Christmas goose. However, the effects of bird flu and the rise in feed prices are pushing up the price of German-produced Christmas goose, writes Wibke Hermann in an article on Agrarheute.com. In 2022, German consumers must pay significantly more for Christmas geese because the supply of goose meat is limited and experts expect the price per kilogram to increase significantly. “The supply of local goose meat at Christmas is limited as the bird flu has hit the national poultry industry hard. “We expect 25 to 30 percent fewer German geese on the market this year,” explains Dieter Oltmann, managing director of the Lower Saxony Poultry Association (NGW). Due to bird flu, many geese in Lower Saxony and East Germany had to be culled. The current high cost of feed also plays a role in the cost ...