Press Release, 29/09/2010:
The Association of Small Farmers (AbL) provides in their predictions of an imminent collapse of the chicken market now emphatically confirmed by a market analysis of the poultry market experts Prof. Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst. The agricultural industry-related former head of the ISPA Institute published at the University of Vechta his warning of ruinous overcapacity in the scientific journal Animal Behaviour Science "(issue 35/2010), the official journal of the Association of German poultry industry. ? Growth as a risk "in his analysis, he describes the ongoing massive expansion of slaughter capacity in the chicken industry, especially by the slaughterhouse construction of Rothkötter Group Wietze (near Celle), and - in response - even through the expansion of activities-from its competitors Schlachtkapazi Wiesenhof Sprehe, Stolle, and Friki. In this cut-throat competitive supply produced Excess amount, according to Windhorst to "more than twice the likely additional demand on already saturated markets.
early as 2011 and thereafter will increase thus far on the Aufnahmefähigkei t the German, European and will probably also of the international markets also produced . Windhorst, warns in the whole production chain will soon be no more money to be earned as a result of these surpluses. It would "lead to a reduction in the capacity or even to a collapse of entire production chains . This is not only in under-utilized or to a breakdown result of slaughter and processing plants, but will primarily take the form of contract farmer in price pressure, contract cancellation and liquidity problems .
The regional consolidation of production and its expansion to Ostniedersachsen (Wietze) would also be "the problem of sustainable utilization of animal excrement and disease and pest risk " aggravating. The regional shifts in the grain flow of goods, according to Windhorst lead to an even greater dependency on feed imports from high-risk and market fluctuations. A growing problem Windhorst also sees in the resistance against further Compaction or creation of new mast systems. In her view, "not only for animal and environmental organizations, but also from the non-active population in agriculture and farmers themselves."
The ABL added these comments Windhorst's with references to the " torment breeding and torment the animals are kept " on the total dependence of the contracting farmer from the battle groups, the odor, ammonia, and bacterial contamination of local residents and the environment and the threat of a farm animal production by the agro-industrial pole plants. "The irresponsible promotion and embellishment of this unsavory overproduction by battle groups, Federal politicians, state governments, farmers' association and agribusiness lobby must stop "- called AbL spokesman Eckehard Niemann. The nationwide "network instead of agricultural farm factories" more than 100 citizens' groups will continue to make massive pressure for a ban on the construction of agricultural plants, for improved animal welfare standards and to promoting the welfare of livestock in rural areas living in hand.
Small Farmers' Association National Association of Lower Saxony Media Contact: Eckehard Niemann
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