Spain: 5,000 farms in danger because of the claims offers

Published 2024년 7월 1일

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The poultry sector in Europe is facing challenges due to proposed animal welfare regulations and the pricing strategies of supermarkets. The regulations could reduce farm capacities by a third, while supermarkets using chicken meat for promotions negatively impact prices for farmers. Bureaucracy and fiscal pressure are also contributing to the challenges. According to COAG, 5,000 poultry farms could be affected by supermarket promotions, and farmers are considering reducing production to avoid tax pressure. The proposed regulations, administrative obstacles, and tight margins are causing significant pressure on the sector.

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The animal welfare regulations, which would force the capacity of European farms to be reduced by a third of the current capacity, is not the only problem that looms over the poultry sector. Producers and associations have denounced that supermarkets use chicken meat as a promotional product, which ends up directly affecting the price that poultry farmers receive. In addition, they complain that bureaucracy and fiscal pressure suffocate them even more. According to data from COAG, the promotions launched by several supermarket chains are going to seriously harm 5,000 poultry farms. “You cannot try to attract customers to your supermarkets at the expense of the farmer,” the organization indicates. "It is regrettable and heartbreaking to find abusive offers of chicken on the shelves that undermine the enormous effort made by production to adapt supply to demand and overcome this critical situation without closing," stressed Eloy Ureña, head of the of the COAG poultry sector. Jesús ...

Source: Campocyl