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International poultry business – Quo vadis?
One of the most burning questions discussed at this year’s digital EuroTier asked where the international poultry business is going this year. With troughs and peaks seen in the global demand for poultry products in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the hopes are for a steadier 2021.
BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH
Friedrich-Otto Ripke, president of the German Poultry Associa- tion, said the fu- ture was always tough to fore- cast but high- lighted that the outlook for the poultry industry is very positive.
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ackling the issue from EuroTier’s host country Ger- many was Friedrich-Otto Ripke, president of the German Poultry Association, who said the future was always tough to forecast but highlighted that
the outlook for the poultry industry is very positive. “When the German poultry industry is viewed from abroad, we look quite good, but domestically we have some worries about the future. In Germany there are 165 million animals, two thirds of them are chicken and turkeys, with the rest being laying hens. We produce 13 billion eggs a year.” Ripke contin- ued: “Commercial poultry meat production in Germany has doubled between the year 2000 and 2020, with average con- sumption of poultry meat at 23kg per capita with eggs at 14kg per capita. That’s why I say the future of poultry is positive because white meat and eggs are considered healthy. We are not really producing poultry for export and we do import some poultry produce,” he said. To summarise,
Ripke noted: “Healthier poultry products produced with good animal welfare in mind will find strong acceptance in Germa- ny and the world over”.
Europe Leopold Graf von Drechsel, chief executive officer at WIMEX Agri-production, explained some things that were currently hurting the export and import trade for poultry produce. “One of these is the UK leaving the EU,” he said. “After a recent outbreak of avian influenza in Great Britain the EU closed the border there, which affects us. Another factor is African swine fever. Although more of a problem for the pig industry, it is actually hurting the poultry industry, too. Our Asian custom- ers are closing their borders and we cannot export pig meat from Germany anymore which is actually hurting our poultry prices.” According to Von Drechsel’s analysis the coronavirus is also affecting the poultry industry as the demand for poultry meat is slightly lower than before. Buyers have difficulty in guaging what quantities to order to meet demand. “All these factors are driving us into an oversupply which is driving prices down. The cost of raw materials is also going up, further hurting us financially,” he noted. Von Drechsel added that the number of poultry farmers in Europe was shrinking
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PHOTO: HENK RISWICK
PHOTO: HENK RISWICK
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