Brazil feed output trimmed after bird flu hits chicken trade 2025 forecast down to 93.7M tons as exports falter after outbreak11 September 2025 11 September 2025 2 minute read 2 minute read By: By: Global Ag Media South AmericaThe Brazilian animal feed industry will produce slightly less than expected in 2025 after a case of bird flu in the country affected chicken exports and curtailed demand, Reuters reported, citing industry group Sindiracoes on Wednesday. The group representing feed companies now estimates that animal feed and supplement production in Brazil will reach 93.7 million tons this year, compared to a projection of 94 million released in May, shortly before the first case of bird flu was recorded on a commercial chicken farm in Southern Brazil. Brazil's poultry industry is the main consumer of locally processed feed. Chicken exports from Brazil, the world's largest supplier, could fall by as much as 2% in 2025, to 5.2 million metric tons, reflecting trade restrictions triggered by the outbreak, which the government controlled in a month. Despite the effect of Brazil's bird flu outbreak, demand from the poultry industry reached 18.9 million tons of feed in the first half of 2025, with marginal growth from the same period a year ago, Sindiracoes said.