Avian flu will bring serious inflationary crisis to poultry farms in Durango

Durango.- as a result of bird flu outbreak Registered for about three weeks in the area of ​​La LagunaIn the states of Durango and Coahuila, it is feared that this will begin to affect the economy, mainly due to the issue of inflationWell, egg prices in Durango have already increased by about 8 percent in recent times.

President of the Business Coordinating Council of Durango, Magdalena Gousin Morales expresses that the issue of avian flu is really worryingbecause it’s something unexpected, and that besides the fact that there was already a inflationary processThe virus outbreak in La Laguna farms is increasing, as it currently stands at 7.6 percent and could be closer to 8 percent by the end of the first half of the year.

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Similarly, he expressed that as food becomes scarce, basic products such as wheat and eggs will not produce enough, and In the case of the United States, there is a very strong crisis because of this situation.Since the price of chicken meat and eggs has increased by up to 50 percent, that will affect Mexico at some point.

Gaussín Morales pointed out that the agri-food issue needs to be reviewed very carefully, on which we have to bet more and see what is being produced, but on this issue of avian flu and inflation he mentioned that it Definitely something that is going to start hitting the price and scarcity during this entire week.

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It should be remembered that it was recently announced that, after ascertaining the presence of Bird flu in 10 poultry farms of the lagoon, More than 731 thousand birds were slaughtered This week and the second sweep was already in the works. The affected farms were 4 in Durango and 6 in Coahuila.