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No paltry measures as poultry master plan aims to fix chicken industry challenges 05 July 2021 - 06:00 Sapa statistics show that chicken imports doubled between 2010 and 2018, discouraging investment in expansion and job creation. Image: Supplied The broiler business is beset with commercial challenges, including the rising cost of feed, disease control barriers to exports, as well as the influx of cheap imports from Brazil, the EU and the US, mainly of bone-in chicken portions. The Poultry Master Plan is said to be the road map to remove these friction points. Localisation, transformation and regulatory reform are the common themes, which coincide with the objectives of the president s economic recovery plan and create more jobs. ....
Poultry association puts plan in place to contain Avian influenza outbreak 11 May 2021 2:35 PM Share This: Broiler organisation general manager Izaak Breytenbach says they have about 900 producers that produce daily data on mortality. The South African Poultry Association says it has a comprehensive plan in place to contain the Avian influenza outbreak, which is often referred to as bird flu. The outbreak has been reported in farms in Gauteng, North West and recently the Western Cape too. Izaak Breytenbach, general manager of the broiler organisation at the South African Poultry Association, has more. We are concerned. We have learned from the experiences in Joburg and it is a disease carried by wild birds and our our particular case in South Africa, specifically in Waterberg, these birds migrate to South Africa to graze on the winter crops, that is why see the disease break in wintertime, June-July. ....
Poultry association says bird flu outbreak is under control 11 May 2021 5:22 PM Share This: The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) says it has a plan in place to contain the bird flu outbreak reported in three provinces in SA. A poultry farm in the Western Cape is the latest facility to report cases of avian influenza last week after five other farms in Gauteng and the North West. Izaak Breytenbach, who heads Sapa s broiler division, says the association has the situation under control. Breytenbach says the industry body uses an early warning system to report an irregular mortality increases at poultry farms across the country. ....