Thursday, January 21, 2010

Egg production drops in India’s Northern Plains

Egg producers in the Northern Plains region of India have suffered this winter as wholesale prices have dropped from Rs300 per 100 in November 2009 to about Rs215 per 100 currently, according to The Indian Express.
Pramod Singla, president of the Haryana Poultry Farm Association, said the cold weather has led older hens to stop laying, so farmers are selling them for meat at about Rs15 per kilogram. Singla added that northern farmers face heavy competition from egg producers in India’s south.

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