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Chicken is also affected by the price increase: + 9% over standard chickens. The breeders pass on part of the costs of the cereals, and the upward trend is confirmed for the holidays.
On supermarket shelves, the price of chicken is particularly on the rise: + 9% on standard chickens. “I no longer buy chicken aiguillettes, because the price has increased enormously”, says a buyer. A puzzle for Michel Petit, poultry farmer in Avensan, in Gironde. He is faced with rising costs, especially for cereals, his first item of expenditure. “In recent months, it has really increased a lot. We were around 180 euros per tonne of corn a year ago, we are now at 250, practically”.
Result, the breeder lowered his margins, and slightly increased the price: 40 cents increase. His chicken is now worth 10.40 euros per kilo. For him there is no question of reducing the breeding time to a minimum of 180 days, against less than 50 days for a standard chicken. Some manufacturers have already increased their prices in 2021, and intend to increase them again in 2022.