Increase in production cost puts poultry farmers’ in Kerala in trouble
The Hindu
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Escalating cost of production has put poultry farmers in the State in the soup.
The price of poultry feed has increased manifold in the post COVID-19 phase. The price of raw materials required for poultry feed production, including soya meal, maize and rice bran oil, has showed a quantum jump. The State is relying on neighbouring States like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra for poultry feed and the raw materials for feed production.
Price of soya meal increased from ₹35 to ₹105 a kg, rice bran oil from ₹62 to ₹135 and maize from ₹15 to ₹23 a kg. The price of 50 kg of broiler and layer feed increased from ₹1,350 and ₹1,200 to ₹2,500 and ₹1,580 respectively.
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