High price of chicks hit Joypurhat poultry
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Our Correspondent
JOYPURHAT, Nov 3: Local poultry industry has been hit hard by high price of one-day old chicks amidst its recovery effort from low price of poultry and bird-flue crisis last year in which 50 per cent farms had been closed.
About 3 million one day-old chicks are required for the 10 thousand farms in the district but less than 0.8 million chicks are provided from 10 hatcheries including the government hatchery. A vast number of chicks are being provided from this district which now may not be achieved. As a result the poultry farmers cannot grow enough chickens for the high price of day-old chicks.
A day-old chicken is now being sold between Tk 26 and 28 per piece at the private hatchery against Tk 15 to 16 a few days ago. The government hatchery is selling the day old chicks only Tk 12 per piece. Thus the government hatchery is facing a huge pressure from the poultry growers.
Belayet Hossain Lebu ex president of Joypurhat Chamber of Commerce and Industry and owner of Reliance Hatchery told this correspondent that he is selling a day old chicks for Tk 26 because he is buying a hatching egg for Tk 12.
M Saiful Islam Alam, owner of Shefali Poultry farm in the district said to the correspondent that he incurred losses for 2 years because of high price of poultry inputs and low price of big chicks, but in the last 2 months he is doing well for better price now.
Rana Kumar Mondol another big poultry grower of Joypurhat Sadar said that all the poultry input price should be reduced within a short time otherwise most of the farmers may face big losses on the eve of Eid and winter season.
Saiful Islam, acting Assistant Director of Jamalganj Government Hen-Duck Farm told the correspondent that all the poultry inputs price have gone up but poultry price is not in keeping with that, so farmers are to face losses sometimes. If the government takes a step to reduce the poultry inputs prices farmers can make reasonable profit.
JOYPURHAT, Nov 3: Local poultry industry has been hit hard by high price of one-day old chicks amidst its recovery effort from low price of poultry and bird-flue crisis last year in which 50 per cent farms had been closed.
About 3 million one day-old chicks are required for the 10 thousand farms in the district but less than 0.8 million chicks are provided from 10 hatcheries including the government hatchery. A vast number of chicks are being provided from this district which now may not be achieved. As a result the poultry farmers cannot grow enough chickens for the high price of day-old chicks.
A day-old chicken is now being sold between Tk 26 and 28 per piece at the private hatchery against Tk 15 to 16 a few days ago. The government hatchery is selling the day old chicks only Tk 12 per piece. Thus the government hatchery is facing a huge pressure from the poultry growers.
Belayet Hossain Lebu ex president of Joypurhat Chamber of Commerce and Industry and owner of Reliance Hatchery told this correspondent that he is selling a day old chicks for Tk 26 because he is buying a hatching egg for Tk 12.
M Saiful Islam Alam, owner of Shefali Poultry farm in the district said to the correspondent that he incurred losses for 2 years because of high price of poultry inputs and low price of big chicks, but in the last 2 months he is doing well for better price now.
Rana Kumar Mondol another big poultry grower of Joypurhat Sadar said that all the poultry input price should be reduced within a short time otherwise most of the farmers may face big losses on the eve of Eid and winter season.
Saiful Islam, acting Assistant Director of Jamalganj Government Hen-Duck Farm told the correspondent that all the poultry inputs price have gone up but poultry price is not in keeping with that, so farmers are to face losses sometimes. If the government takes a step to reduce the poultry inputs prices farmers can make reasonable profit.