BRUSSELS PREDICTS HALT TO GROWTH OF EU POULTRY SECTOR
March 1st, 2013
A EUROPEAN Commission food market data report has predicted that the long-running growth on European Union (EU) poultry meat production will finally end next year (2014), registering an anticipated dip of 0.7%.Brussels noted that higher feed prices have forced up poultry meat prices, to reach Euro EUR196/100 kg in January 2013, up 9% against a five year average. And with an “expected recovery in pig and beef meat production putting pressure on poultry meat”, it said “the latter's production [is] expected to retreat…” EU poultry meat exports would also ...
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