Poultry industry in State in deep crisis

Poultry industry in the State finds itself in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, thanks to ‘exorbitant’ rise in prices of feed and absence of commensurate increase in prices of birds and eggs.

Decline in the demand for birds coupled with hike in prices of essential ingredients like maize and soybean has forced farmers to sell the birds at around Rs. 50 a kg against the cost of production of close to Rs. 60 a kg. In addition, reports on occurrence of bird flu in some parts of the country, affected sales significantly, thus crippling the industry.