India threatens to remove import restrictions on US poultry, but Washington has said it will seek to impose retaliatory duties in case New Delhi’s liberalisation falls short of global trading standards.The planned American duties could cover a wide range of products and would generate $450m a year in revenue for the US government.

The Rs 50,000-crore domestic chicken sector has urged the government to ensure a level-playing field to protect their interests, after the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled India’s ban on import of poultry meat and eggs from the US was “inconsistent” with international norms.

The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri. Radha Mohan Singh today addressed the 28th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Federation of India in Hyderabad. Speaking on occasion, Shri Radha Mohan Singh expressed his views in detail regarding increase in business, problems associated with farmers and traders, and assistance given by Government of India. Besides this programme, the Union Minister also addressed the State agriculture scientists. In this meeting the State Agriculture Minister and Officers of Government India, I.C.A.R. and Agriculture University were also present. 

To give thrust to local poultry production and reduce the dependence on imports, Animal Husbandry Minister Abdul Ghani Kohli has directed Chief Animal Husbandry officers of all districts in Jammu division to establish a Model Poultry Village in each constituency in consultation with the local MLA.Kohli, according to an official statement, was chairing a meeting to review the functioning of Poultry Sector in Jammu Division here today.

IB Group is the largest vertically integrated company for commercial broilers in Central India. Their primary objective is to deliver protein-rich, cost-effective nutritional solutions to the growing population. To this end, all functions – from hatching day-old chicks to direct sales of broilers and value-added meat – are brought together under one hugely successful reversely integrated company.

India has asked a government-backed trader to import an extra half a million tonnes of duty-free, non-genetically modified (GM) maize to keep a lid on domestic prices and overcome any shortage, the trade ministry said on Sunday.India, which allows cultivation and consumption of only genetically modified cotton, has had difficulty in sourcing non-GM maize in late 2015 and earlier this year, and New Delhi had to drop the plan to import more.

Distress in yet another agri-based business. This time it's poultry, the chicken and egg thing. Yes, it's a pan-India feature and yes, again it's got something to do with the way in which the business is structured. The trader holds the trump card and the farmer (and the retail customer) are at the receiving end.For Pune, the distress in this segment means that some 370 farmers, who hold upwards of 1,50,000 birds, layers or broilers (meaning, egg and chicken producers, respectively) are facing difficulties, in the form of debt.

The United States is seeking trade sanctions against India after winning a dispute at the World Trade Organization regarding Indian restrictions on imports of US poultry meat, eggs and live pigs, the WTO said on Friday. The United States has requested a WTO meeting on July 19 to launch the claim for compensation, according to an agenda circulated by the WTO.

With feed intake and egg production remaining normal, poultry farmers were asked to take steps to prevent egg breakage.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. Maximum and minimum temperature will be 36 degree Celsius (96.8 degree Fahrenheit) and 26 degree Celsius (78.8 degree Fahrenheit) respectively. Wind speed will be around 12 km per hour, mostly from west direction.

MUMBAI: Poultry and egg prices have jumped 20-30 per cent in several parts of the country amid an extended dry spell, fall in production and rising input costs. The year 2016 has been an unusual year for the poultry industry in India as prices of both chicken and eggs remained the highest for six consecutive months, defying the normal lean periods of summer and season examinations.

BE IT the fly menace or the sewerage problem, residents of Barwala have heaved a sigh of relief, as developmental works are being actively undertaken in the area and grievances are being redressed ever since the village was adopted by Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta under the Vidhayak Adarsh Gram Yojna (VAGY).

HYDERABAD: For the people who have already been burdened with soaring prices of vegetables and meat, eggs may give another shock as its price would also see a northward shift soon.While the wholesale price of egg in Hyderabad, according to National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), is Rs 4.14, end consumers are shelling out Rs 5 per egg right now. However, poultry industry representatives say they would have to increase the prices further if the business has to be made viable.

HYDERABAD: With a view to improve the socio-economic status of traditional farmers, the state government has decided to set up one hatchery in every district of Andhra Pradesh.The hatcheries will be set up by the animal husbandry department with the assistance of Centre under its schemes introduced to promote poultry industry in the country.

Steady rise in the price of maize – the prime feed for the poultry birds – in the local market is prompting the poultry farmers to look for alternatives such as importing the feed.In the last six months, the price of maize went up from Rs. 1,300 to Rs. 1,850 per quintal and is fluctuating. The same is the case with the prices of egg, which is getting dwindled in the local and the export market as well. As a result, the poultry farmers are experiencing higher input costs and meagre returns, thus looking for alternatives to reduce the input cost.

Telangana Poultry Federation has urged poultry farmers in the State to place maize indents for it to source their requirement from the five lakh tonne duty free import Union government has allowed.The Federation said this thanking Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for waiving the duty. “The Government of India has conceded our request for allowing maize import exempting customs duty ,” president Errabelli Pradeep Kumar Rao said.

Tamil Nadu Egg Poultry Farmers Federation has urged the Central Government to allow import of maize without duty so that the hoarding and price manipulating by traders could be avoided.A delegation led by the federation president P. Muthusamy, vice president V. Subramaniyam and secretary C. Rajendran met C.P. Radhakrishnan, chairman, Coir Board, Ministry of MSME, and urged him to take up the issue with the Centre.

HYDERABAD: Roadside small poultry meat sellers will find it difficult to sell live birds in the capital region in coming days as the State government has decided to impose a blanket ban on slaughtering of live birds in open area in the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) jurisdiction.

The egg prices have been moving up and the trend is expected to continue till the commencement of Shravan month that begins on 20th July. During this period, the demand for eggs declines and would recover after the festival season is over in late November.