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16/08/2026

Botswana has reached self-sufficiency in chicken meat and eggs, with the poultry sector's value nearly doubling in just three years 🐔🥚

But a new regional market study by the Botswana Competition and Consumer Authority reveals structural challenges that could affect the industry's future. High feed costs, market concentration and limited competition are putting pressure on producers and prices.

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Botswana's poultry sector is growing, but a regional study highlights high feed costs and limited competition.

14/08/2026

Professor Patricia Soster and her team at Ghent University placed smart cameras above 1,120 Ross 308 broilers to track every movement from day 8 to 40. 🐔📹

What they discovered about heat stress behaviour surprised even experienced producers. The birds didn't respond the way many expected.

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AI-powered cameras tracked broilers throughout the production cycle, revealing new insights into welfare, activity and responses to heat stress.

12/08/2026

For Abdollah Ghasemi, board member of the Gilan Poultry Farmers Association, the past year has brought a crisis unlike any before. 🐔

War, subsidy cuts and soaring feed costs have pushed production margins to breaking point, while chicken consumption across Iran has collapsed.

How did the industry respond when costs became unsustainable?

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Soaring feed costs and wartime inflation have forced Iranian poultry farmers to cull flocks, cutting chicken consumption by half.

11/08/2026

🐔 Russian poultry producers are facing a sharp reversal in trade with China.

Exports to China dropped by more than 40% in the first half of 2026, while Chinese shipments to Russia nearly doubled. The shift is already forcing difficult decisions across the Russian sector.

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Chinese poultry exports to Russia nearly doubled in H1 2026 as Russian shipments to China fell more than 40%, reversing trade trends.

10/08/2026

For Zhang Zhiyu, a Chinese agricultural analyst, the EU's new anti-dumping probe into frozen Beijing duck is more than a trade technicality. 🦆

He calls it a frenzied attack, rooted in a ballooning trade deficit. Meanwhile, poultry chairman Hou Zhuocheng insists China's price advantage has nothing to do with subsidies, but questions remain about what exactly Brussels is investigating.

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China has rejected the EU's anti-dumping probe into duck imports, warning it could escalate into a broader poultry trade dispute.

07/08/2026

For Gary Ford, head of strategy at BFREPA, the introduction of stricter egg quality standards in April brought real concern 🥚

Many UK producers feared that tighter definitions would push downgrade rates sharply upward, threatening margins across the sector. But when the first quarterly data came in, the numbers told a different story.

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UK egg downgrade rates have fallen since stricter quality standards took effect, with improved shell quality despite tighter Class A guidance.

05/08/2026

July brought a wave of strategic moves across the global poultry sector 🐔

From new nutrition technologies and digital platforms to production expansions and key appointments, companies are positioning themselves for what's ahead.

But which developments will shape the industry in the months to come? 🌍

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From nutrition innovations and digital tools to egg processing and hatchery expertise, here are some of the key business updates from the July.

03/08/2026

For Paweł Podstawka, president of Poland's National Federation of Poultry Breeders and Egg Producers, the numbers are stark. 🥚

Around 10 million poultry have been culled since January, with avian influenza hitting 4.88 million laying hens—roughly 12% of the country's production potential gone. Some farms are still recovering from last year's outbreaks, when 20 million birds were lost, and restoring flocks can take up to nine months.

How will the industry respond to what Podstawka calls "enormous" losses?

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30/07/2026

For Jim Uprichard, sustainability manager at Trouw Nutrition, joining the Feed Adviser Register meant more than just compliance. 🐔

The register, launched 12 years ago to help the livestock sector reduce emissions, has shaped how he approaches his work with poultry producers. How exactly has it changed his daily practice and customer relationships?

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Qualified feed advisers use precision nutrition to cut poultry emissions without harming bird health or farm profits.

28/07/2026

Researchers from Mansoura University discovered genetically diverse multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains circulating in Egyptian broiler flocks 🐔.

Laboratory testing revealed resistance to multiple antimicrobial classes, and some strains showed the ability to spread resistance genes between bacteria.

What does this mean for disease control and treatment options in poultry production?

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Multidrug-resistant Salmonella found in Egyptian broilers highlights the need for stronger surveillance and responsible antimicrobial use.

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