“When world prices came down, South African prices stayed higher due to the summer drought of 2024. So, feed costs have ...

The outbreaks hit an industry struggling from an electricity crisis. One expert said three recent bird flu outbreaks have caused losses of at least $25 million to South Africa's poultry industry.

The 7.5 million birds represented about 20-30% of South Africa's total chicken stock, South African Poultry Association general manager Izaak Breitenbach said. Chickens on a chicken farm in ...

The South African Poultry Association said another 5 million egg-laying chickens had been culled. ... The chicken industry in South Africa has already been hit hard this year by power shortages, ...

South Africa's poultry industry could lose close to 900 million rand ($72 million) in turnover and about 6,500 jobs as a result of an agreement to allow duty-free imported chicken from the United ...

The South African Poultry Association said another 5 million egg-laying chickens had been culled. ... The chicken industry in South Africa has already been hit hard this year by power shortages, ...

SOUTH Africa’s poultry industry is on high alert as it faces the looming threat of another devastating avian flu outbreak. In 2023, the sector was hit hard, with at least 9 million chickens ...

South African authorities have confirmed new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain on two poultry farms, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). These ...

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - South Africa will end punitive duties on U.S. chicken and renew imports, initially 65,000 tonnes a year, under an agreement reached by the two countries, South ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a ...