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Kerala chicken project to take wings on December 30

  • 28 Dec, 2018
  • India

KOZHIKODE: The state government’s ambitious Kerala Chicken p ..    Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67261543.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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Poultry farmers losing out to high costs, low product rates

  • 28 Dec, 2018
  • India

SHOPIAN: Poultry farmers in the industrial estate of Lasipora in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district are up in arms against government apathy. With hundreds of workers left jobless, they say, due to the attitude of the authorities, the farmers are now demanding fixed market rate for their product and lower rates of feed and hatch. As many as 150 poultry farmers were forced to close their outlets after a decline in market rates for poultry coupled with higher rates of feed and hatch, which

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West Auckland poultry farm razed to the ground after late night fire

  • 28 Dec, 2018
  • New Zealand

Up to 50,000 chickens were killed in a fire which burnt part of a West Auckland poultry farm to the ground. The fire has prompted the group SAFE to call for an urgent review of farmed animal housing. Firefighters were called to Stoney Creek farm on Opanaku Rd about 1.30am and arrived to find three hatchery sheds ablaze. The sheds measured about 150m x 50m. Henderson senior fire station officer Jason Orchard told Stuff up to 50,000 chickens had died in the blaze. For Complete news Vis

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China lifts ban on imports of Ukrainian poultry

  • 28 Dec, 2018
  • China

The People's Republic of China (PRC) lifted the ban on the import of Ukrainian poultry products, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection (SSUFSCP). “This concerns lifting of the ban on the import of poultry meat and poultry products into the PRC. Now the procedure for the coordination of inspection and quarantine requirements will be initiated, as well as the export supplies of these products,”

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U.S. soybeans drop over 1 pct on demand concerns

  • 28 Dec, 2018
  • United States

CHICAGO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures closed down over one percent on Wednesday, mostly on concerns about demand amid few signs of new demand from China. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), China purchased more than 2.7 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in the past two weeks. Traders had expected that China would buy more soybeans, market watchers said. U.S. farmers hope China will buy other farm products, such as corn and grain sorgh

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Nigeria is now highest maize producer in Africa

  • 27 Dec, 2018
  • Nigeria

Nigeria has now been confirmed as Africa's highest producer of maize with 12 million metric tonnes annually. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, mentioned at the launch of Fall GoldMax pesticides and inauguration of a 24-man task force committee to tackle Fall Armyworm, in Abuja. He further said that he is glad that Nigeria is Africa’s largest maize producer. Moreover, he is looking at producing 12 and a half tonnes of maize as they are the larges

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Chicken gets dearer while year-end festivity grips Hyderabad - Times of India

  • 24 Dec, 2018
  • India

HYDERABAD: Chicken prices are set to hover around Rs 210 per ..    Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67213635.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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Honorable Punjab and Haryana High Court Directs Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana To Add Eggs and Butter To Mid-day Meal Meals

  • 23 Dec, 2018
  • India

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to ensure that children are provided a wholesome meal of bread, butter, jam and eggs every day under the mid-day meal scheme. The authorities have been asked to pass instructions regarding this and inform the court by January 31 “The (present) mid-day meal should be substituted with a wholesome meal, which the children would consume with happiness and which helps them be in good health, the main objective under t

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Indian Government asked to import 1 million tonnes of maize to check local price

  • 22 Dec, 2018
  • India

The government is “positively” considering an industry demand to allow import of 1 million tonnes of non-genetically modified maize at zero duty to overcome a shortage in domestic output and check rising prices at home. India is traditionally a maize or corn exporter and has not imported the crop in the past two years. “We have sensitised the government about the need to import 1 million tonnes of maize,” said B Soundararajan, chairman at Coimbatore-based

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Animal welfare body seeks implementation of 2 poultry rules

  • 20 Dec, 2018
  • India

An animal welfare body has asked the Centre to implement two rules recommended by the Law Commission to ensure better welfare of egg-laying hens and broiler chicken, noting that the present practices involved cruel practices that needed to be stopped. The World Animal Protection (WAP) observed that companies across the world were moving towards cage-free chicken farms and India should not be left behind. "The government should implemen

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