CHENNAI: Prices of broiler hen have left the coop and gone all through the roof — touching Rs 240/kg on Sunday, up by way of around Rs 50/kg from the former week — with poultry growers blaming soaring summer season temperatures for the startling build up and the once a year fishing ban sinking call for for seafood.
Queuing up early on Sunday to make purchases for the kitchen, consumers were visibly stunned on the mark-up in prices from the traditional band of between Rs 160/kg and Rs 190/kg at retail hen outlets across the town.
“The price of broiler hen was as low as Rs 160/kg ultimate month,” mentioned Ajith John Balan, a resident of Arumbakkam. A couple of citizens expressed fear about the double whammy from rocketing broiler hen prices and the rise in price of virtually all kinds of fish that accompanies the period all through the two-month period of the fishing ban.
Poultry farmers mentioned summer season warmth had increased the hen mortality rate, resulting in a dip in production and a upward push in prices.
“Due to the warmth, birds die easily,” mentioned R Gunasekaran, a poultry grower in Namakkal. “The chickens also don’t put on weight as briefly as they do in different seasons. This means that they take extra time to grow and, with the upward thrust in mortality rate, also a shortage in markets.”
Across Tamil Nadu, farm gate charges (the procurement rate on the poultry farm) of broiler hen increased by way of Rs 16 to Rs 19 in the first two weeks of May, taking the fee in Chennai from Rs 69/kg in April to Rs 90/kg on May 1 and Rs 109/kg on May 12. Retail prices increased correspondingly.
Representatives of the Broiler Coordination Committee, which is accountable for solving broiler hen prices in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, were unavailable for remark.
It is usual for prices to move up all through summer season due to shortage of supply, hen distributors instructed TOI, however added that this yr’s prices are much higher than the same time ultimate yr.
“The price will scale back by way of about Rs 50/kg in July or August,” mentioned I Ibris, who runs a hen and mutton stall on East Coast Road.
The build up in broiler hen price may be prone to mirror on the price of eggs. Poultry farmers mentioned the selection of production batches have reduced marginally due to the summer season temperatures.
“We are actually in a position to make a take advantage of a retail price of Rs 3.75 in keeping with egg,” mentioned R Subramaniam, an Erode-based egg farmer. “When the call for rises, or if the price of hen feed will increase, the price of eggs will cross up.”
Queuing up early on Sunday to make purchases for the kitchen, consumers were visibly stunned on the mark-up in prices from the traditional band of between Rs 160/kg and Rs 190/kg at retail hen outlets across the town.
“The price of broiler hen was as low as Rs 160/kg ultimate month,” mentioned Ajith John Balan, a resident of Arumbakkam. A couple of citizens expressed fear about the double whammy from rocketing broiler hen prices and the rise in price of virtually all kinds of fish that accompanies the period all through the two-month period of the fishing ban.
Poultry farmers mentioned summer season warmth had increased the hen mortality rate, resulting in a dip in production and a upward push in prices.
“Due to the warmth, birds die easily,” mentioned R Gunasekaran, a poultry grower in Namakkal. “The chickens also don’t put on weight as briefly as they do in different seasons. This means that they take extra time to grow and, with the upward thrust in mortality rate, also a shortage in markets.”
Across Tamil Nadu, farm gate charges (the procurement rate on the poultry farm) of broiler hen increased by way of Rs 16 to Rs 19 in the first two weeks of May, taking the fee in Chennai from Rs 69/kg in April to Rs 90/kg on May 1 and Rs 109/kg on May 12. Retail prices increased correspondingly.
Representatives of the Broiler Coordination Committee, which is accountable for solving broiler hen prices in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, were unavailable for remark.
It is usual for prices to move up all through summer season due to shortage of supply, hen distributors instructed TOI, however added that this yr’s prices are much higher than the same time ultimate yr.
“The price will scale back by way of about Rs 50/kg in July or August,” mentioned I Ibris, who runs a hen and mutton stall on East Coast Road.
The build up in broiler hen price may be prone to mirror on the price of eggs. Poultry farmers mentioned the selection of production batches have reduced marginally due to the summer season temperatures.
“We are actually in a position to make a take advantage of a retail price of Rs 3.75 in keeping with egg,” mentioned R Subramaniam, an Erode-based egg farmer. “When the call for rises, or if the price of hen feed will increase, the price of eggs will cross up.”
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