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French poultry farming: The interprofession sounds the alarm

France
Published Dec 5, 2021

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The sustainability of French poultry farming will require a better distribution of the increase in production costs to all links in the sector. "The French poultry industry, a model in terms of species diversity (chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, pigeons, quails), farming methods (standard, standard +, organic, etc.

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The sustainability of French poultry farming will require a better distribution of the increase in production costs to all links in the sector. "The French poultry industry, a model in terms of species diversity (chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, pigeons, quails), farming methods (standard, standard +, organic, Label rouge) and exemplary in its operation, based on contracts between breeders and processors, is now in danger, ”warns the Broiler Poultry Interprofession (Anvol) in a press release. Indeed, breeders are faced with a spectacular surge in the cost of raw materials. Always more imports The feed accounts for 65% of the cost of producing poultry. Since October 2020, the price of raw materials has been soaring. As a result, the Itavi food index jumped + 29% for standard chicken in October 2021 compared to October 2020. This index has been rising every month for more than a year: an unprecedented situation. "Despite the efforts made by all the links in the first half of ...
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