More than R950 million has been lost in egg production and broiler chicken delivery.
Because of the outbreak of avian flu, farmers have had to put down thousands of chickens and destroy eggs as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Some chicken farms have been closed for six months and this has led to large scale job losses.
No compensation is in the pipeline for farmers, as the Minister of Agriculture announced in 2017 that his department will not consider any compensation for farmers.
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