By Roberto Samora

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The 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, industry group Sindiracoes said 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.

“Demand was mainly impacted by the pace of (chicken) exports, which were restricted due to embargoes following an avian influenza outbreak,” Ariovaldo Zani, the

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