The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Warsaw estimates that Polish chicken production will grow by 7% in 2024 and 2% in 2025, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report.

Poland is the largest chicken producer in the EU, accounting for more than 22% of all EU chicken production. Close to 70% of Poland’s production is exported to EU (44% of the production) or to extra-EU countries (26% of the production).

After struggling with high energy and high feed costs in 2022, the economic situation of the Polish poultry sector has improved significantly as feed costs have declined and wholesale / retail prices have increased.

As there continues to be a shortage non-GMO feed, the idea of reducing or eliminating GE soybean meal from feed rations is unrealistic. The Polish government is therefore proposing to extend the suspension of the GE feed ban from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2030.