Weak global demand for breastmeat is leading to lower profitability for global players in the poultry sector, according to the latest Rabobank report. Many regions are in oversupply, and demand created by African Swine Fever (ASF) is expected to have little impact on...
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Fewer hatching eggs now translating to turkey shortage
HOT TEMPERATURES that suppressed hatching egg numbers in French turkey breeding flocks are now translating to fewer birds for the seasonal market. Supplies of hatching eggs were put at about 10% down because of the heat in France this summer, from where about 25% of...
Egg sales continue to grow at UK retailers
THE NATIONAL FLOCK has grown by 3.5 million hens in the past year, to 42 million, according to Noble Foods’ head of agriculture Jean-Paul Michalski. Of that total, 55.4% are organic, free range or speciality and 44% are caged, with the balance made up by barn-kept...
Growth expected for Thai broiler market
THAI broiler producers have returned to profit in 2019, and further growth of the sector is expected this year. The country is forecast to produce 3.05m metric tonnes of poultrymeat this year, a 4% increase year-on-year, according to a new USDA analysis. Domestic...
New digital ad campaign for Lion Eggs
British Lion egg processors have launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging the food service sector to source British eggs. It is a digital advertising initiative aimed at UK food business operators through late summer and Autumn via linked in and trade magazines....
European poultrymeat exports and imports on the rise
BOTH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS of poultrymeat to and from the EU have increased in the first half of 2019, compared with the same period in 2018. New figures from the EU commission reveal exports totalled 948,384t in the year to June, 11% up when compared with the 853,541t...
EU poultrymeat production expected to grow in 2019
Poultrymeat production could grow 2.5% this year, according to the latest EU Commission forecast. The projection is lower than last year’s total growth, which neared 5%. EU poultrymeat production grew by 2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, with the strongest...
Broiler market growth stalls in January and February
The UK’s poultry sector has got off to a sluggish start in 2019. Placings of both broilers and turkeys in the first two months of the year have slipped behind the same periods a year earlier. In the case of the broiler sector, the downturn started inDecember, at the...
Canadian egg sales enjoy 12 years of successive growth
EGG production in Canada is up for the twelfth year running, according to a new report. The Egg Farmers of Canada said an additional 19 million dozen eggs were produced in the country in 2018, which represents 2.63% growth compared with the previous year. Retail sales...
USDA: Woody breast depressing broiler output
Average broiler slaughterweights in the US are lower as producers try to tackle woody breast issues, according to the latest USDA analysis. In its March update, the agency said bird weights would have a bearing on total output in 2019. It points to December's broiler...
Egg market looks firm from now until Easter
UK egg prices have weathered the start of 2019 without a serious setback, despite record levels of production in the run up to Christmas. Although wholesale prices dipped at the start of the year, they recovered quickly and in late March were only a few pence down on...
RABOBANK: Poultry volatility may be nearing its end
ONE of the "most volatile periods" for poultrymeat markets in recent years may be drawing to a close, according to the latest Rabobank analysis. Nan-Dirk Mulder, senior animal protein analyst at the bank said: "The outlook is changing, Rabobank is gradually becoming...