Norway: The poultry farmer must be compensated

In Nettavisen on 28 December, we could read about chicken producers who are despairing over today's sky-high energy prices. We who represent the poultry farmers want an understanding that cost growth is a significant threat if we are to continue to produce top quality egg and poultry meat for the Norwegian people. When the corona pandemic hit the world, poultry farmers quickly noticed the effect of abnormally high commodity prices on the world market. The customs protection has been put out of play on a number of feed raw materials and these costs are now directly affecting the bottom line of the poultry farmer. The concentrate feed price is currently approaching 30 øre more per kilo of feed compared with the feed price in 2019. The increased feed prices result in an annual additional cost of more than NOK 100,000 for farmers with table eggs, more than NOK 200,000 for farmers with broilers, NOK 270,000 for farmers with turkey and NOK 60,000 for farmers with duck production. At the ...