SA POULTRY INDUSTRY DETERMINED TO PREEN ITS FEATHERS

in the interest of South Africa, local poultry producers are making a major contribution to food security, early childhood development and the creation of sorely needed job opportunities. The local poultry industry slaughters just under20m broilers a week. But even before the outbreak of Covid-19, the figures showed that the growth in local production cannot keep pace with the growing consumer demand.

According to analyses, this lag in growth can be attributed to the dumping of surplus production on the local market by the US, Brazil and certain EU countries.

World production

The US currently exports 40% of its production, says Before the advent of the trade war between the US and China, the latter imported