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Experts warn that El Niño heat, humidity and heavy rainfall could affect poultry farms in Peru ahead of the Christmas season. Heat stress can reduce birds’ feed intake and growth, delay their time to market and raise production costs; widespread impacts could reduce availability and pressure prices.
If heat stress cuts market-ready poultry supplies, chicken prices could rise during seasonal demand. The risk is conditional on how many farms are affected.
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