Producers question their future in 'volatile' egg industry

Brendan Soden (centre), vice chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association's poultry committee during protests in 2022 targeting retailers over the price paid for eggs. Picture: Lorraine Teevan

The poultry industry has been “too volatile” in the last couple of years with producers questioning their futures, as they are just about “keeping the bills paid on a very small margin”. 

Farmers have been extremely exposed to high input costs, poor returns, and the threat of disease to their flocks.