Poultry Meat in the Netherlands

Table of contents | 1 Product Boards for Poultry (meat) .................. 38 Livestock, Meat and Eggs ......... 2 Sales structure of the broiler sector 39 Levies and expenditure 3 Broiler slaughterhouses and farms 40 Producer prices and production 41 Livestock, meat and eggs in the Exports of chicken, broiler and turkey meat 42 Netherlands..................... 4 Exports of poultry meat 43 Production value 5 Employment 6 Eggs and egg products .......... 44 Meat and egg consumption 7 Sales structure of the laying hen sector 45 Consumption 8 Egg packing stations 46 Exports of livestock, meat and eggs 9 Laying hen population and Sales outlets of meat and meat products 10 number of farms 47 Range of meat and meat products 11 Producer prices of eggs production 47 Exports of eggs 48 Cattle ......................... 12 Exports of egg products 49 Sales structure of the cattle sector 13 Household purchases of eggs 49 Cattle slaughterhouses and cattle farms 14 Population 15 Meat-processing industry ....... 50 Slaughterhouse listing of bulls 15 Bacon producers 52 Slaughterhouse listing of cows 16 Exports of bacon, meat products 53 The cattle sector’s exports 16 Beef exports 17 Organisations .................. 54 Veal calves .................... 18 Sales structure of the veal calf sector 19 Calf slaughterhouses and calf farms 20 Calf population and housing 21 Veal listing and veal exports 22 The calf sector’s exports 23 Pigs .......................... 24 Sales structure of the pig sector 25 Pig slaughterhouses and pig farms 26 Pig population and slaughterhouses 27 Structure of the pig sector 28 Distribution of carcass meat percentages 29 Proceeds of clean pigs 30 The pig sector’s exports 31 Sheep and goats................ 32 Sales structure of the sheep and goat 33 Sheep slaughterhouses 34 Sheep and goat populations and numbers 35 2 | Livestock, Meat and Eggs in the Netherlands 2008 Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs (PVE) In their annual booklet Livestock, Meat and Eggs in the Netherlands of the year 2008, the Productschappen Vee, Vlees en Eieren (PVE; Dutch Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs) provide a survey of the most important developments in the Dutch livestock, meat and egg sectors. In text, figures and illustrations the booklet provisionally takes stock of the year 2007. What are the PVE? The PVE constitute the joint secretariat of the Productschap Vee en Vlees (PVV; Product Board for Livestock and Meat) and the Productschap Pluimvee en Eieren (PPE; Product Board for Poultry and Eggs). The boards‘ members are elected by representatives of the trade associations, to ensure that the board represents the various sectors. According to the terms of the ‘Statutory Trade Organisation‘Act, the boards are entitled to formulate binding rules (regulations) for a sector. Product Boards are column organisations. The PVE cover all activities from those of livestock farmers up to and including those of retail traders. The PVE aim to promote the sectors‘ sustainability and further strengthen their competitive power, the leading principle being that meat and eggs must meet the consumers‘ requirements. Government or the sectors? The PVE’s range of activities includes tasks performed on behalf of the Dutch government in a system of ‘joint management’. The most important of those tasks is the administrative organisation of EU measures, such as the payment of export refunds, poultry Salmonella subsidies and the calf-slaughter premiums. In addition, the PVE also have their own, collective responsibilities on behalf of the Dutch livestock, meat and egg sectors. At the request of the various sectors the PVE perform ‘autonomous’ tasks and activities such as: • developing and managing animal health and quality assurance systems; • inspecting the classification and weighing of slaughtered animals; • supervising research and promoting innovation; • gathering know-how and informing the sectors about relevant developments; • promoting livestock, meat and eggs; • formulating a working conditions policy; • providing extension services for production, processing and sale. Who pays what? The PVE receive compensation from the Dutch government for their joint-management activities. Their autonomous activities are financed by levies imposed on the sector members. The PVV and PPE’s management teams, which consist of representatives of all the links in the chain, determine the boards‘ activities, the available budget, and hence the height of the levies. Levies are imposed per slaughtered or exported animal or per number of eggs or chicks/broilers. Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs (PVE) | 3 Levies imposed by the PVE in 2008; total € 19.9 million PVV Levies in % cattle sector heffingen PVV cattle sector 9 heffingen PVV cattlecalf sectorsector 9 heffingen PVV calf sector 10 calfpig sector 10 pig sector 59 sheep and goatpig sectosectorr sheep and goat sector 7 59 sheep and goat sectorother 7 other 15 other 15 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% PPE Levies in the poultry meat sector in % rearers/breeders 10 heffingen PPE 10 multiplicationrearers/breeders farms 17 heffingen PPE 8 17 cattle sector 9 multiplicationchick hatcheries farms 8 heffingen PVV 8 18 calf sector 10 chickpoultry hatcheries farmers 18 slaughterhousespoultry farmers 18 36 pig sector slaughterhouses 59 36 slaughterhouses 3 36 sheep and goat sector 7 turkey 3 turkeyduck 1 3 other 15 duck 1 1 rabbitduck 2 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% fur-bearing animalsrabbit 5 fur-bearing animals 5 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 10 heffingen PPE rearers/breeders PPE levies in the egg sector in % 17 multiplication farms rearers/breeders 13 heffingen PPE 8 rearers/breeders 13 heffingen PPE chick hatcheries multiplicationrearers/breeders farms 5 13 heffingen PPE poultry farmers multiplication18 farms 5 multiplicationchick hatcheries farms 2 5 slaughterhouses chick hatcheries36 2 chickpoultry hatcheries farmers 2 63 turkey 3 poultry farmers 63 packingpoultry stationsfarmers 13 63 duck 1 packing stations 13 packing industrstationsy 4 13 2 industry 4 rabbit industry 4 fur-bearing animals 5 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% rearers/breeders 13 heffingen PPE multiplication farms 5 Expenditure of PVE levies, budget for 2008 € 24.4 million chick hatcheries 2 poultry farmers 63 packing stations 13 industry 4 Quality 11.9% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%• Quality90% regulations100% Research 0.7% • Practical research • Technical research Animal health 41.2% • Animal health fund • Prevention • Health care Market/Sales promotion 12.1% • Promotion and consumer advice in the Netherlands and other countries - Livestock, meat - Poultry, eggs • Market research Miscellaneous 34.1% • Social affairs • Organisational costs 4 | Livestock, Meat and Eggs in the Netherlands 2008 Livestock, Meat and Eggs in the Netherlands For some of the sectors 2007 was a better year than for others. Generally speaking, all sectors were faced with substantially higher feed costs. In the cattle and calf sectors the higher feed costs combined with the lower selling prices caused income to work out lower than in 2006. Income was under pressure in the pig sector, too, especially in sow farming, where the prices fetched by piglets were particularly low in the second half of the year. Prices of clean pigs remained fairly stable for some time in 2007, but then they, too, dropped. The results of the laying hen sector were slightly better in 2007 than in 2006, thanks largely to the substantially higher selling prices. But this sector of course also had to pay the higher feed costs, so on balance the results were fairly disappointing. The higher feed costs affected the broiler sector, too, but the substantially improved prices nevertheless made for positive results. Production The gross production value of the livestock, meat and egg sectors increased almost 2% last year, to an estimated € 5.1 billion. This rise was realised mostly by the calf, poultry and egg sectors. The increase in the production value of these sectors was more than enough to compensate for the decreases in the cattle and pig sectors. The share of the livestock, meat and egg sectors in the production value of the overall primary agricultural and horticultural sector dropped 0.4% last year, to 22.1%. The production volume of the Dutch livestock and meat sector was almost 2.8 million tonnes in 2007, representing a 3.3% increase relative to 2006. Production of eggs showed a 2% increase, to 9.4 billion. Exports The export volume of livestock, meat and meat products last year increased 8%, to 2.3 million tonnes. Exports of meat and meat products recorded a 7% increase, while those of bacon rose 3%. The export volume of the egg sector saw a 3.5% increase, to 8.6 billion eggs. Imports The import volume increased 9% in 2007, to 1.2 billion tonnes. Meat imports were 4% higher, amounting to 0.9 million tonnes, and imports of meat products including bacon saw a 17% rise, to 315,000 tonnes. The egg sector’s imports increased 4.5% in 2007, to 2.2 billion eggs. Consumption Meat consumption remained more or less stable in the Netherlands in 2007, at almost 1.4 million tonnes based on carcass weight. This corresponds to 84.8 kilos per capita. Livestock, Meat and Eggs in the Netherlands | 5 Consumption of poultry meat was the same as in the record year 2002, i.e. 22.5 kg per capita. At 18.2 kg per capita, consumption of broiler meat was at a level never before reached in the history of the poultry meat sector. Pig meat consumption decreased (-0.7 kg) to 40.8 kg per capita.

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