# South Africa faces chicken meat shortage as power crisis, bird flu hit producers | Reuters

> Astral Foods, South Africa's largest poultry producer, warned that South Africa faces chicken meat shortages in the coming months as a bird flu outbreak and electricity cuts hit the industry. Astral expects a headline loss of 18.02 to 18.08 rand per share for the year to September 30, versus a profit of 27.62 rand a year earlier. The company said power cuts add about $100 million in costs, including more than $2 million per month on diesel for generators.

- Date: 2023-09-21 · published 2023-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34247-south-africa-faces-chicken-meat-shortage-as-power-crisis-bird-flu-hit-producers
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower domestic chicken output tightens local poultry supply and supports higher chicken meat prices, which raises demand for imported chicken and feed-based alternatives in South Africa.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/safrica-faces-chicken-meat-shortage-power-crisis-bird-flu-hit-producers-2023-09-21/

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