Vijayawada: Poultry farmers are badly hit with sharp fall in egg prices after demonetisation of high denomination notes.Marginal farmers having one lakh hen are losing at least Rs 60,000 a day on sale of eggs and the losses are higher for the farmers having below one lakh hen.With the money transactions becoming difficult across the country due to demonetisation, the egg dealers are refusing to buy eggs from local farmers and they are offering lesser prices than fixed by the NECC. 

HYDERABAD: The Indian poultry sector hopes profit margins will improve considerably this winter season, ending a four-year weak streak as good rains have increased activity in the rural economy and reduced feed costs. 

Anticipating a decent increase in demand, poultry breeders are preparing to boost production by 10-15 per cent, after pruning production and importing feed ingredients for three years owing to recurrent droughts. 

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up ‘intensive poultry development’ blocks in 14 districts on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting that chief minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired.

“Intensive poultry development blocks will be set up in 14 districts on a PPP basis,” an official in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. At present, there are a few poultry groups in 16 districts. The decision would allow 28 more to be set up across the state.

Drop is temperature due to cloudy sky is expected to keep feed intake, egg production and egg shell quality at normal.As the northeast monsoon was over the southern districts, drop in temperature in the region would not affect the bird’s health. But poultry farmers were asked to control moisture level in feed ingredients such as maize and soya bean meal to sustain production. Also, farmers were asked not to stock feed for long time.

The current bout of bird flu  won't have any impact on India's poultry as it is limited to just wild birds senior minister from the Central government claimed even as both the Central and National government engaged on a war of words over who should held responsible for controlling the spread.

India annually exports over Rs 750 crore of poultry products mainly to Gulf nations.

Panaji: India is going to be one of the leading nations in Asia to embrace the immune complex (IC) vaccine, said Dr Marcelo Paniago, director, global veterinary services, Ceva Sante Animal, France. He was speaking on the subject of immune complex diseases at an event organized by the ICAR-CCARI, Old Goa, on Thursday.

With a growth of almost 8 per cent per annum, India is among the leading countries of modern poultry development, Mr. Eknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (CCARI) said here on Thursday.

“The poultry industry is thinking about welfare of the birds to ensure hygienic food-concepts on par with the industry in the Western world," Dr. Sanjay Gavkare, General Manager (Technical) of Pune-based Venkateshwara Hatcheries said.

With maize and soya bean meal are found to contain high moisture content, which is favourable for mycotoxin occurrence, poultry farmers are asked to be careful while using such ingredients.

A press release from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute here and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said that the sky will be partly cloudy with chance of occasional drizzling at isolated places in the district over the next two days.

The preliminary screening of samples of eggs at the Centre of Excellence in Poultry Science of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Thrissur, in the wake of reports of sale of chemical or ‘Çhinese’ eggs, did not find any artificial nature in the samples. The samples were collected by the Food Safety and Standards authority from various markets in Ernakulam district.

“All the eggs were natural, but the yolks of the samples were thick,” KVASU sources said. Moreover, the egg membrane was easily identifiable because of its thickness, the sources said.

Though the prevailing weather conditions will favour poultry, farmers were asked to use ingredients that are free from mycotoxin.

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 cloudy with chance of isolated rainfall for the next three days.

Temperature

Maximum and minimum temperature will be 35 degree Celsius (95 degree Fahrenheit) and 24 degree Celsius (75.2 degree Fahrenheit) respectively.

Vijayawada: Egg has literally stirred the proverbial hornet’s nest in the Akshaya Patra scheme which intends to supply mid-day meal programme under the aegis of the NGO, International Sri Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in collaboration with the State government in the schools in Krishna district from next month. The ISKCON’s stipulation against supply of egg as part of the mid-day meal programme has caused a division between veggies and non-vegetarians in the school education system. 

With per capital availability of eggs in India being lower than the global average, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today called for raising the domestic output three times from the current level of 83 billion eggs to achieve nutritional security.

Addressing on the occasion of World Egg Day, Singh said the government is promoting poultry activities under various schemes and giving financial assistance to families below poverty line (BPL).

"In egg production, we are at sixth position in the world.

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State government claims to have taken steps to increase egg production, it is still importing 33 lakh eggs to meet the daily need of 1 crore eggs. The State is producing 54 lakh eggs only.

Presentation of the real position assumes significance as today is being observed as the World Egg Day, and the day is aimed at creating awareness for increasing egg production and its quality. It is also objected to encourage youths to rear layer hens in every nook and corner of the State.

It was an unusual ride for visitors attempting to reach the venue of Kerala Tourism Mart in Kochi. They were ferried to and fro from their hotel to the exhibition ground in a solar-powered autorickshaw.

For George Kutty Kariyanappally, founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Lifeway Solar and the man behind the solar rickshaw, it was just one more step on the sunny path he has been pursuing for 16 years. Visit his office in busy Kaloor area of Kochi and you can see many solar powered gadgets – from simple Solar LED lights to solar incubators for poultry to solar milking machines. He has even made a solar-powered boat.

Poultry farmers sponsored by the Palliakkal Service Cooperative Bank hope to hold their ground against constant price fluctuations by adopting the milk marketing model followed by cooperative agencies and local farmers.

Cooperative Bank secretary M.B. Vijayan on Saturday said poultry farmers sponsored by the bank would draw up plans to supply fresh farm eggs on a regular basis to their customers just as milk is marketed by local producers and cooperatives.

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.