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Significant shrinkage of Hungarian duck and goose stock due to bird flu

Goose Meat
Duck Meat
Hungary
Published Feb 15, 2022

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In 2015, roughly one million geese were still being kept in Hungary. In the following years, this number even rose to 1.3 million. In 2020, this number shrank to 798,000 as a result of recurrent bird flu outbreaks, reports the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. In addition, last year there was an outbreak wave in both the spring and autumn. The duck population was the largest in 2018 at 4.9 million. In 2020 there were almost 3 million left. Here too, the numbers for 2021 are not yet known. Avian influenza is a major problem for the Hungarian waterfowl sector. According to the news portal Agrárszektor, nearly 3.2 million birds had to be culled during the bird flu outbreaks of 2020, Agrobericht Buitenland reports. Insufficient subsidy. Poultry farmers are in trouble as a result, partly as a result of the higher costs for feed and the strong inflation. Many poultry farmers have stopped their business.

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In 2015, roughly one million geese were still being kept in Hungary. In the following years, this number even rose to 1.3 million. In 2020, this number shrank to 798,000 as a result of recurrent bird flu outbreaks, reports the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. In addition, last year there was an outbreak wave in both the spring and autumn. The duck population was the largest in 2018 at 4.9 million. In 2020 there were almost 3 million left. Here too, the numbers for 2021 are not yet known. Avian influenza is a major problem for the Hungarian waterfowl sector. According to the news portal Agrárszektor, nearly 3.2 million birds had to be culled during the bird flu outbreaks of 2020, Agrobericht Buitenland reports. Subsidy insufficient Poultry farmers are in trouble as a result, partly as a result of higher feed costs and strong inflation. Many poultry farmers have stopped their business. On February ...
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