Overview
- Trade groups say meeting demand is getting harder, noting that half of poultry slaughtered in the Netherlands comes from Germany and Belgium, which could keep products at home.
- The Dutch Poultry Farmers’ Union warns shoppers may see prices rise within two weeks, potentially by more than 10 percent, with holiday buying and foreign demand tightening the market.
- NVWA recently confirmed infections at farms in Bornerbroek, Tienray and Helden, prompting mass culls of about 185,000, 85,000 and 18,000 birds and 10‑kilometre transport bans, including one zone crossing into Germany.
- Around 100 birds were culled at a Nijmegen children’s farm after tests confirmed bird flu, and the site was closed to visitors.
- A nationwide confinement order has been in place since 16 October, and vaccination trials continue, though wider use is constrained by export partners reluctant to accept products from vaccinated flocks.