Temperature during day and night time is expected to drop favouring the poultry in the district.

A press release from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute here and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, stated that the sky would be generally cloudy with chance of fairly widespread rainfall over the district. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around 37 degree Celsius (98.6 degree Fahrenheit) and 23 degree Celsius (73.4 degree Fahrenheit) respectively. Wind speed would be around 8 km per hour, mostly from west while relative humidity would be in the range of 42 to 72 per cent.

New Delhi, Oct 3: A PIL against keeping egg-laying hens in wired cages was filed today in the Delhi High Court, after the Supreme Court's direction that all such matters going on in various states should be transferred there.

The petition by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), which is one of several pleas filed in various high courts, has opposed setting up of a battery cage farm in western Uttar Pradesh where around 1.5 lakh egg-laying hens would be confined, saying it amounts to "extreme cruelty"

India is preparing to approach a panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO), seeking its endorsement that the country has complied with a ruling of the multilateral body on a case filed by the US challenging an Indian ban on imports of certain American poultry items.

The decision seems to be triggered by the fact that the US hasn’t yet withdrawn the plea at the WTO, seeking approval to initiate retaliatory measures against India for alleged non-compliance of a WTO ruling by the latter.

The scheme envisages procurement of eggs from farmers at Rs.5 per egg. Kepco will distribute the eggs through outlets of its own and other agencies. The plan is to transport the eggs to various places for distribution. A consignment of 12,000 eggs was procured on Friday. The production of eggs had gone up in Kanjikuzhy after entrepreneurial groups of Kudumbasree took up poultry farming with the aid offered by the grama panchayat under a special scheme named ‘egg village.’ Marketing of the eggs was a challenge to the farmers. Kepco took up the challenge with a view to helping the farmers.

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad High Court on Monday upheld the decision of the Telangana state that made it mandatory for poultry farms to obtain National Egg Coordination Committee certification to remain eligible to supply eggs to the state's anganwadi centres and hostels etc. The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao said that insistence of Telangana government that every supplier of eggs must have certificate from NECC was valid.

Tanzania is the latest African country to allow imports of halal poultry products from Russian producer, Cherkizovo.

The Russian meat producer also produces other meat products and has a poultry farm in the Lipetsk region in Russia. This month it shipped the first batch of dozens of tonnes of halal poultry into Tanzania and has earmarked to increase its halal poultry shipments to the African country to 500 tonnes before the end of 2016.

KOCHI: The condition of former finance minister K M Mani has worsened after the vigilance produced proofs against him in the case of granting tax concessions to a poultry company, in the Kerala High Court.

The vigilance produced proofs along with an affidavit on Mani’s plea seeking cancellation of the case in connection with a tax exemption of Rs 64 crore imposed by the sales tax to Thomson Group, a poultry import company.

Poultry farmers in the district were asked to test the newly procured feed ingredients before using.

A press release from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said that the sky will be partly cloudy with chance of isolated rainfall over the next three days. Maximum and minimum temperature will be 36 degree Celsius (96.8 degree Fahrenheit) and 25 degree Celsius (77 degree Fahrenheit) respectively. Wind speed will be around nine km per hour, mostly from west.

Vijayawada: The incessant rains in Guntur and Prakasam districts in the last three days have taken a toll on the poultry sector. Close to 40,000 birds in poultries in Reddygudem, Piduguralla, Ganapavaram and a few other places perished in flood, resulting a huge loss to farmers.

The prevailing weather condition is expected to affect the weight and production of eggs, and hence poultry farmers have been asked to increase protein content in the feed.

A press release from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said that the sky will be generally remain cloudy with chance of scattered rainfall over the next two days.

The maximum and minimum temperatures will respectively be 37 degree Celsius (98.6 degree Fahrenheit), and 25 degree Celsius (77 degree Fahrenheit).

The State government has embarked on implementing Backyard Poultry Development Scheme at an estimated cost of Rs. 25 crore during 2016-17.The scheme, implemented by Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM), is being carried out in the district from 2012-13.

The scheme would be extended to include those below poverty line from this year. Women living below poverty line, TNSRLM members, widows, destitute and differently abled women would benefit under the scheme. The beneficiaries would be trained by veterinary doctors in rearing poultry at the backyard.

If unable to convince the US that its new import measures are in line with the WTO’s ruling, New Delhi is likely to seek a compliance panel at the WTO to establish that it had not erred in its implementation and the request for retaliation was unjustified, a government official told BusinessLine.

Poultry sectors are affected owing to the disruption of transport services between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The poultry sector in the Old Mysuru region has also been affected. Small eggs and poultry are supplied from Mysuru to parts of Tamil Nadu. This has been stopped ever since trouble erupted between the two States over the Cauvery water sharing earlier this month.

Bhubaneswar, Sept 16: In a bid to boost poultry farming, the state government has exempted stamp duty on purchase of land and conversion charges of agricultural field to homestead land meant for poultry farming, sources said Friday.

According to official sources, the state government had introduced Orissa poultry policy in 2015 with an objective of producing 100 lakh eggs per day and one lakh tonne of poultry meat annually.

With festival season to increase the demand for eggs, the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), Namakkal Zone, has said that price of egg would increase for the next four months

On Thursday, the wholesale price of egg was increased by 14 paise to be fixed at Rs. 3.75.

Officials said that the demand for eggs have picked up after the conclusion of Shravan and Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations across the country.

New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI) Maize prices rose by Rs 20 to Rs 1,566 per quintal in futures trading today as traders widened positions in tandem with firm physical markets.

Marketmen said strengthening of demand from poultry feed makers amid restricted supplies from growing regions in spot markets mainly caused the upsurge in maize prices in future trading.

India has declared itself free from the highly contagious avian influenza (H5N1) or bird flu even as it stressed the need for continued surveillance.

"India has declared itself free from avian influenza (H5N1) from September 5, 2016 and notified the same to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)," the Department of Animal Husbandry under the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement.

As outside chicken supply dried up in the wake restrictions in Kashmir, the home-grown poultry industry showed resilience catering to the local demand.

As per poultry traders, the chicken prices in Kashmir used to hover around Rs 130 to 150 a kg around this time, but since the uprising in Kashmir over two months ago, the rates of chicken have remained stable at around 90 to 110 per kg.

This, as per the poultry traders is largely due to the availability of local production and cancellation of marriage functions in large numbers which has kept the price under check.

Small poultry units that would rear country chicken are to be set up in villages in Tiruvannamalai district with the assistance of Pudu Vazhvu Thittam (PVT), a scheme implemented under Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission.

According to a press release, the State government ordered setting up of poultry units under Chicken Development Programme during the current fiscal and allotted Rs. 25 crore.