A growing sector, a growing feed bill Morocco is Africa’s third-largest poultry producer, behind Egypt and South Africa. According to the poultry federation FISA, the sector produced 654,000 tonnes of chicken and 174,000 tonnes of turkey in 2025, along with 7.06 billion table eggs. Poultry meat consumption reached 23.6 kg per person, up from 20.9 …
A bigger flock, a bigger feed bill Egypt’s poultry sector produced 1.6 billion commercial broilers in 2025, plus 320 million birds from rural production. Together they covered 97% of domestic broiler demand. The sector also produced 16 billion table eggs, or 140 per person. Before 2023 the figures were 1.4 billion birds and 14 billion …
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Why shell quality matters more now On 6 October 2026, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) reported egg production of more than 9 billion eggs in 2026, and self-sufficiency of 100% in table eggs [1]. With the home market now supplied by local flocks, every egg lost to a poor shell is …
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Why imported grain matters Across the Middle East and North Africa, imports were estimated to supply 74% of the grain used for animal feed over 2015–2020, with maize and barley the main feed grains [1]. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries combine high dependence on food imports with limited arable land and water scarcity [2]. In …
On 29 September 2026, US animal health company BiomEdit announced that the USDA’s Center for Veterinary Biologics granted conditional licensure for CPerf LLV, an engineered probiotic strain designed to neutralise the Clostridium perfringens toxins (alpha toxin and NetB) behind necrotic enteritis in broilers. Key points from the announcement: Conditional licensure is based on safety and …
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