Poultry News
Mustard oil output seen rising on higher MSP
- 29 Dec, 2018
- India
Chandigarh: Domestic output of mustard oil could be 10-12% higher than a year ago as more farmers have returned to the crop this season, drawn by higher minimum support price (MSP) and better seeds, according to industry executives. "Mustard oil output is likely to increase by 10-12% over last year as chilly weather is highly favorable and acreage is also set to increase by over 10% this season," said Umesh Verma, director of Puri Oil Mills Ltd, the company that manufactur
Read moreKerala 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
Read morePoultry 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
Read moreWest 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
Read moreChina 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,”
Read moreU.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
Read moreNigeria 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
Read moreChicken 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
Read moreHonorable 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
Read moreIndian 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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