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South African producers have lost millions of birds to H7N6 bird flu, with about a quarter of the country's poultry lost since May. Quantum Foods reported about 1.5 million layer and breeding birds affected, and Astral Foods incurred roughly 220 million rand in outbreak costs.
A quarter of national poultry lost implies a lasting supply shortfall in South Africa, supporting higher chicken and egg prices and reducing feed use for the sector.
feedstuffs.comKrissa WelshansSep 25, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
