Millions of chickens at risk of being wiped out with much of China locked down due to virus
The shutdowns in several provinces have hit supply chains, with transport restrictions preventing much needed animal feed such as soybean meal from getting delivered to poultry farms, according to analysts and Chinese state media.
This comes on the back of China's African swine fever crisis, which has basically ravaged its hog population and sent pork prices rocketing in the past year.China Photos | Getty Images News | Getty Imagespoultry farmers are now in dire straits because of the coronavirus outbreak. Millions of chickens may soon perish in coming days as much-needed feed is not getting to them in time.
As the outbreak spread, Chinese authorities have shut roads and highways, and even halted long-distance buses. "This is going to create massive problems in the livestock sector. Even if a local plant has resumed operations, it will still be longer than normal for delivery due to logistics problems ," wrote Darin Friedrichs, senior Asia commodity analyst at company INTL FCStone.
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