Egg prices due to bird flu may increase – admitted Deputy Minister of Agriculture Stefan Krajewski. He reminded that the problem with the availability of eggs has several countries, for example the United States, which have already asked for help to several countries – also to Poland.
– The bonfires of bird flu are not only in Poland – said Deputy Minister of Agriculture Stefan Krajewski on RMF 24, asked if the eggs approaching Easter will get up, especially in the situation of the next bonfire of bird flu, this time in Greater Poland.
“Eggs will probably be more expensive, they are quite expensive anyway,” he said.
– However, I do not want to foretell somehow, because the situation is dynamic and variable. It is difficult to predict anything today – he said.
Further cases of bird flu in Poland
On Monday, information was provided about the next bonfire of bird influenza in Poland. The fourth bonfire of bird flu was confirmed on the farm in the village of Chełmce. – It is already known that over 20,000 pieces of poultry will be taken to utilize – said Miłosz Bąkowski, a poviat veterinarian in Kalisz.
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In mid -March, three bonfires of bird influenza among turkeys and chickens were found on farms in the village of Orla. Over 300 went to utilization thousands of poultry.
Sale abroad
Poland has been an exporter of consumer eggs for years – about 40 percent goes to a foreign recipient. domestic production. According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Finance in 2024, Poland exported 238.6 thousand. tons of eggs worth EUR 471.9 million, which means an increase of 7.5 percent. compared to 2023.
In accordance with the data of the Institute of Economics of Agriculture and Food Economy – the National Research Institute In Poland, the volume of consumer egg production is in the range of 550-560 thousand. tons per year.
Egg deficits in the States
Recently, the US has also faced the lack of eggs on store shelves. President's administration Donald Trump By joining work, she set a goal to reduce prices and restore the availability of this product. The Minister of Agriculture of the USA Brooke Rollins announced at the end of March that United States They will import eggs from South Korea and Turkey.
Türkiye is the fifth largest egg exporter in the world, after The NetherlandsUnited States, Poland and Germany. In 2023 Türkiye exported Eggs worth $ 411 million all over the world.
Eggs are difficult to import because you need various types of approvals that guarantee compliance with veterinary standards that differ in each of the countries.
According to the AFP agency in March, which talked to the directors of the chambers of poultry producers of these countries, the United States turned to Polish and Lithuanian poultry breeders about the export of eggs to fight the deficiencies they have been facing for many months.
The US Department of Agriculture also asked Danish hens breeders about egg supply – Joergen Nynerg Larsen from Danske AEG organized in mid -March, cited by the Foedevare Watch industry portal.
French problems with egg deficit
Too France It is measured with the lack of eggs on store shelves. As Le Monde recently wrote, the reason is largely the effect of panic that occurred when the network was circulated by photos of empty store shelves in the USA, but also an epidemic of bird flu. That is why the daily warned that the period of Easter could turn into a “real hunt for eggs”.
In France, a hundred eggs costs over 19.60 euros, which, as the daily noted, is a sensation, considering that they cost 15.30 euros in March last year. Poultry breeders now have their golden time – said the newspaper.
Bird flu is a viral disease that poses a threat primarily for birds – both wild, free -lived and for bred poultry.
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