# Bird Flu Is Costing Gauteng Farmers R65m

> A bird flu outbreak at Eggbert Eggs' Rooikraal farm in Gauteng led to over 525,000 birds being culled and 470,000 eggs dumped. The producer estimates total losses and restoration costs of about R65 million, none of which were insured.

- Date: 2017-10-11 · published 2017-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68473-bird-flu-is-costing-gauteng-farmers-r65m
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culling and egg dumping remove layer capacity from the Gauteng egg supply, adding to national shortages and supporting higher egg prices. The scale of losses signals a tighter South African layer market.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- newsfeeds24.com: https://newsfeeds24.com/article/bird-flu-is-costing-gauteng-farmers-r65m

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