Spanish poultry prices up 12%, breeders not content with it
Chicken meat prices have increased by 12% in Spain in the last month, reaching €3.19 at the end of March. However, the increase supported by Spanish consumers is not transferred from retailers and processors down/chain to poultry farmers, according to the Consortium of Farmers and Ranchers Organizations (COAG). According to executives from COAG, the increase in poultry prices does not bring any benefits for farmers. "The situation of poultry producers is critical given the brutal increase in production costs, triggered by the vertiginous increase in the prices of diesel (+96%), energy (electricity and gas +150%), plastics (+50% ), water (+30%), fertilizers (+150%), during the last year. The value chain of the poultry sector cannot be based on a loss-making production for farmers who already had narrow profit margins in which small and medium-sized farms normally moved," warns Jaume Bernis, head of the poultry sector of the COAG, quoted by Carnica. At the same time, he recognizes that the situation may be different for each large company involved in the supply chain but still triggers the alarm for the future of SMEs involved in the sector.
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