# South Africa’s poultry producers will not receive compensation for preventive culling of “at risk” birds during bird flu outbreak
						 | The Poultry Site

> South Africa's Department of Agriculture has confirmed it will not compensate poultry producers for healthy at-risk birds culled during the early 2021 bird flu outbreak. Farmers lost about 1.5 billion rand, and about 2.7 million birds were culled.

- Date: 2021-08-31 · published 2021-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45582-south-africa-s-poultry-producers-will-not-receive-compensation-for-preventive
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Without compensation, producers may have less incentive to report outbreaks, which could lead to larger outbreaks and bigger supply losses later. Near-term feed demand effects are minor.

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2021/08/south-africas-poultry-producers-will-not-receive-compensation-for-preventive-culling-of-at-risk-birds-during-bird-flu-outbreak

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