December 7, 2007

UK poultry feed costs, no short-term issue

The British Poultry Council (BPC) said that while the outbreak of bird flu has been making headlines, the dramatic increase in feed prices is a bigger threat.

UK poultry farmers, processors and politicians recently gathered in the House of Commons to review 2007 performance and to recognise distinguished service to the poultry sector.

BPC Chairman Ted Wright explained that feed availability and prices would be the key issues in the years to come.

Without an urgent and sustained increase in the prices paid to poultry producers to cover massive rises in the cost of feed, the poultry industry could be in jeopardy, added Wright.