Poultry farming has always been a particularly challenging business to succeed in. However, the last few years have brought an unparalleled sequence of challenges that have made success more difficult than ever.
Our new spotlight, Livestock Matters: economic and environmental impacts on poultry farmers, explores this area, taking a closer look at some of the most pressing issues and considers what the future might have in store.
Economic challenges
It’s well known that previous years have been financially turbulent. Global events and political decisions have impacted economies everywhere, and of course that has been felt by everyone across the UK.
Agricultural producers have been especially badly hit, sandwiched between rising production costs and the dwindling budgets of the end consumer. Keeping businesses profitable during this hugely difficult period has been a thankless task. Sadly, there have been a number of businesses shutter already or plan to do so in the future.
Our spotlight delves into these monetary driving forces and lays bare the scale of the financial balancing act poultry businesses have had to perform in order to stay profitable.
Poultry disease outbreaks
Another stress-factor facing livestock producers in particular has been the prevalence of disease outbreaks. Living through three years of the worst avian influenza outbreaks in history has had a catastrophic effect on poultry and egg production across Europe, with the UK especially hard-hit.
With dramatic impact on bird health and causing huge changes in the poultry industry, disease outbreaks have had, and will continue to have, a devastating impact. We explore why and what can be done.
Wider contexts
Political events beyond, the control of poultry farmers have had a seismic impact on their livelihoods.
From the new challenges of being a UK food producer in post-Brexit Britain, to ensuring animal welfare in a time of changing climate patterns, our spotlight delves into how these huge events have impacted the industry and where future opportunities might be.
The future of poultry farming
It’s easy to think in facing all this, the obstacles to successful poultry farming might be too many to manage. We look at reasons why this might not be the case, however, and how there is a brighter future.
Find out more by downloading our spotlight here.
How Livetec can help
Livetec have been the UK’s biosecurity champions for the past decade. We know and understand the issues that the UK’s poultry farmers are facing. But, even more importantly, we have solutions.
With our tailored range of biosecurity services, from the Biosecurity Advisory Service to our Livetec Systems App, we are able to provide industry-leading answers to many of the challenges facing today’s poultry farmers. This dramatically reduces the risks of disease outbreaks resulting in significant cost savings.
Working with Livetec is the first step into combating many of the effects of these economic and environmental challenges.
Contact our team today and find out how Livetec can help you protect your animals here.
