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Gressingham Foods PHWG REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA The impact of Avian Influenza ( UK and Global) 9/11/2015 Dr Andrew Ballantyne Senior Commercial Farms Manager Green Label Poultry Ltd Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 1 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods The UK Duck & Goose Industry 2013 Defra figs Ducks estimated 16 m/annum (GL = 8m) Geese 180,000/annum (GL= 80k) 2006 Number of registered premises Ducks 6,819 Geese 3760 Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

F Gressingham Foods • Family owned business based in Suffolk, operating in Norfolk as well • Established 1970 (by Maurice Buchanan – father) • The brothers William and Geoffrey now run the business (joined in the early 90’s) • Annual sales of circa £100+m • Have 500 staff through the year and a Christmas up lift of another 250 Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods - Integrated F Duck, Goose & Turkey Business • Own and operate 20 company farms (45% of our production volume) , two factory sites and two hatcheries. Also farm about 600 acres arable • We have 35 contract farmer businesses supplying 55% of our duck production volume (and this area is continuing to increase) • We are best known for the Gressingham breed and brand of duck • Current annual production is: 7.5 to 8 m ducks 350,000 seasonal turkey 88,000 geese Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Our Farms 73 farms in total  3 hatcheries  10 company commercial duck farms – 55% of total production  20 contract commercial duck farms – 45% of total production  6 parent duck laying farms  2 parent duck rearing farms  2 grandparent/pedigree duck laying farms  3 commercial goose production farms  20 commercial turkey rearing farms  5 All Year Round (AYR) stag farms  2 organic farms  Breeds of Duck – Gressingham, Pekin Accreditation systems – Duck Assurance Scheme, Freedom Foods, Organic, Red Tractor (QBT/Red Tractor for weekly turkeys)

Business Integration PEKIN GRESSINGHAM ELITE ELITE ELITE GRAND-PARENT FLOCKS GRAND-PARENT FLOCKS FEED MILLS PARENT FLOCKS PARENT FLOCKS HATCHERIES GROWING CONTRACT FARMS COMPANY FARMS GEESE TURKEY FARMS FACTORIES

Welfare on our Farms Gressingham Ducks are bred, hatched and reared on Red Tractor assured farms in Suffolk and Norfolk • Reared free-to-roam in light airy barns • Access to water for bathing, • Natural daylight • Fresh bedding of straw every day • straw stocked at <20kg/m 2 • Continuous feed and fresh water throughout the day

Farming Systems – single age & stage From 2000 Gressingham moved all their duck production to a single stage system, this means that the ducklings start their life in the same building they will complete their growth in. Also we operate an ALL in ALL out system, a 7 week turn round cycle , kill between 35 -44 days 2.65 – 3.4 kg

FREE RANGE Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

FREE RANGE GEESE Land area = 10m2/goose Area used 268.8 acres Outside ranging from 17 days. Kill Average 7.3kg at 17- 26 weeks Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods Free Range duck area at least 4m2/duck : 49 – 56 days 88 acres assume 75% available 10 k per week , circa 250k per annum Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 11 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods POTENTIAL AI ISSUES Breeder farms limited egg storage (4 – 8 days) Storage of hatched chicks ( only days hatch to go) Macerator limited waste capacity Free range ducks & Geese no available housing Geese that can be housed @ 10m2/goose – potential welfare issues Free range land – sisters on adjoining fields – different holding nos / parish Feed supplies required daily for FR Culling regimes of limited practical value Litter/manure disposal issues Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 12 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

REDGRAVE POULTRY 11 th Nov 2007 H5N1 AI in Turkeys, Geese & Ducks 96,600 birds culled at six farms 6500 Redgrave Park, T,D & G 22,000 Fr Turkey 66,000 Ducks 2100 Geese Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Redgrave Poultry Costs Secondary C&D = £250k plus approx. £225k + £210k Plus loss of reputation excludes cost of Dirty water disposal & Muck storage Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Redgrave Poultry Issues Large Lake on site - Wild Birds Staff Movements between Farms Non site specific PPE Multi species on site Shared Equipment Carcass Disposal Staff Accommodation Biosecurity weaknesses Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods Basics on Influenza Wild birds can be carriers & not show illness Shore birds & waterfowl (geese & ducks) AI is a global threat due to bird migration Reassortment of viruses is a real risk

Gressingham Foods Basics on Influenza Caused by a virus Type A can infect various types of birds (wild & poultry) Characterized by H & N H5 & H7: can change from low to high path strains Others: not currently considered to have HP potential Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

USA/GLOBAL HP AI LESSONS Dec`14 – June `15 48,091,293 H5N2 NO LPAI Losses mostly chickens (layers) & Turkeys 15 States affected 223 reported detections Entered Pacific flyway then MI flyway Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

WHAT HAPPENED Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods This has been a very costly situation for the entire country: reduction in national “flock” numbers & exports , increase in consumer meat/egg prices, loss of jobs, national govt cost Failures in biosecurity & slow reaction times

Gressingham Foods Pacific Flyway – H5N8 Central Flyway – H5N8/H5N2 Mississippi Flyway – H5N2 Atlantic Flyway – No Isolations “ Already this year there were findings of the virus in wild birds in Ontario, Canada. I believe it will be present in wild birds in all the U.S. flyways this fall. ” USDA 2015 prediction = 500 cases Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

UK 2014 – 2015 AI issues 16 Nov 2014 – H5N8 in Breeding Ducks. – Nafferton East Yorks (6000) 2 Feb 2015 - Lp H7N7 in Broiler Breeders – Upham, Hampshire (10539) 10 July 2015 – H7N7 in Egg Layers FR & Colony cage – Lancashire (180,000) Cost to US £7,000 to help with cost of secondary C & D Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Gressingham Foods Secondary C & D costs Estimated £10/bird + Waste water removal & manure storage Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Concentration of Poultry in UK Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk