5,000 European farms in danger because of the claims offers

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 COAG data, the promotions launched by several supermarket chains will 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 del Bosque, ...