Farm owners face acute dairy, poultry feed crisis in B'baria
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Our Correspondent
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 31: Owners of both dairy and poultry farms here are in trouble due to acute crisis of dairy and poultry feed, sources said.
Local farm owners said that although dairy and poultry farms have grown in numbers in the district rapidly, no dairy and poultry feed factory was established to meet the daily requirement.
Many unemployed youths, taking loans from the Department of Youth Development (DYD) and local NGO's established small farms here to make themselves self reliant, they added.
According to District Livestock Department (DLD), there are some 1006 milk producing cow farms, 8 goat farms, 4 sheep farms, 328 broiler chicken farms, 15 layer chicken farm and 90 duck farms. District Dairy and Poultry farm owners Association said the actual number is much higher than the Government statistics.
The Association, despite its ignorance about the actual figure, informed that the district has 230 layer chicken farms, 150 duck farms and 500 broiler chicken farms.
But, the small farm owners are in trouble with this potential sector because of price hike and scarcity of dairy and poultry feed.
They expressed apprehension that they might be forced to shut down their farms in the near future if the prices of dairy and poultry feed continue to rise. The farm owners are completely dependent on the dairy and poultry feed coming from other districts in the absence any such factory in the district.
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 31: Owners of both dairy and poultry farms here are in trouble due to acute crisis of dairy and poultry feed, sources said.
Local farm owners said that although dairy and poultry farms have grown in numbers in the district rapidly, no dairy and poultry feed factory was established to meet the daily requirement.
Many unemployed youths, taking loans from the Department of Youth Development (DYD) and local NGO's established small farms here to make themselves self reliant, they added.
According to District Livestock Department (DLD), there are some 1006 milk producing cow farms, 8 goat farms, 4 sheep farms, 328 broiler chicken farms, 15 layer chicken farm and 90 duck farms. District Dairy and Poultry farm owners Association said the actual number is much higher than the Government statistics.
The Association, despite its ignorance about the actual figure, informed that the district has 230 layer chicken farms, 150 duck farms and 500 broiler chicken farms.
But, the small farm owners are in trouble with this potential sector because of price hike and scarcity of dairy and poultry feed.
They expressed apprehension that they might be forced to shut down their farms in the near future if the prices of dairy and poultry feed continue to rise. The farm owners are completely dependent on the dairy and poultry feed coming from other districts in the absence any such factory in the district.