INDORE: Poultry industry is battling a tough time due to increased cost of production led by higher prices of poultry feed and sluggish demand in local market.

Unable to pass on the price rise to customers, poultry farm owners have been contemplating a drop in output for next few months while a few may completely shut operations.

Indore: Egg and chicken consumption have dropped by 50 per cent due to on-going holy month of shrawan, when people fast and give up non-vegetarian food due to upcoming religious festivals.The demand for egg in the Indore market has suddenly dropped to 3 lakh pieces per day from 4.5 lakh pieces per day, according to the industry participants.

The holy shrawan month started from July 20 and will extend till August 18 while major Hindu festivals such as Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi are falling in the months of August and September

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre over a plea seeking rules to prevent cruelty to egg-laying hens in poultry farms.The Centre has been given one week's time to respond to the notice by the apex court.

The Odisha government has decided to open 53 chicken-fresh outlets across the state to create self-employment and boost sales, said an official on Thursday.

The government has launched a state plan scheme for opening of chicken-fresh outlets in urban areas of the state.The scheme has been approved for opening of 53 outlets in various district headquarters and important urban centres in the first phase, said Fisheries and Animal Resource Development secretary Bishnupada Sethi.

NEW DELHI: India can approach the World Trade Organization's compliance panel to preempt the US from imposing trade sanctions following its allegation that India failed to comply with the intergovernmental organisation's ruling on American poultry imports, according to a senior official. 

With rain continuing, poultry farmers should be cautious while procuring raw materials. They should check for mycotoxin, especially aflatoxin.

A press release from the Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that sky will remain cloudy with chance of scattered rainfall in the next two days. Maximum and minimum temperatures respectively will be 35 degree Celsius, and 24 degree Celsius, it added.

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Highly putrefied poultry litter being used as feed in fish tanks in Andhra Pradesh is generating a toxic biocycle.The litter, when added to fish tanks, contaminates the water and increases the fluctuation of biological oxygen demand (BOD). It also accentuates the ectoparasite problem, leading to ulcers in fish. To control the parasite, fish farmers use highly toxic pesticides which penetrate into the biocycle posing a serious health hazard to the end consumer.

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has started recognizing compartmentalization method envisaged to keep disease free compartments as per the guidelines of World Organization for Animal Health for the poultry establishments intended for export of poultry and poultry products.

PANAJI: Chicken sellers and poultry farm owners in Goa said that the ban on poultry from Karnataka will not affect their businesses, mainly because the poultry coming from outside is from the state of Maharashtra, and partly because the rest of the state's poultry is reared in the state itself.

India is hopeful of an amicable resolution to the trade dispute with the US on the import of American poultry products at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), official sources said. The US had recently sought the WTO’s authorisation to slap trade retaliatory measures worth $450 million on Indian goods, alleging India had failed to comply with the WTO’s ruling on American poultry. India has contested the claim, saying it has fully complied with the order.

South Goa District Magistrate on Thursday imposed a ban on the import of all types of birds including poultry birds from Karnataka to Goa as a precautionary measure to avert infiltration of infection of bird flu in Goa.

South Goa Collector Swapnil Naik told The Hindu on Saturday that the action was taken after State Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AHVS) forwarded to south Goa Magistrate a report submitted to it from Pune-based AHVS laboratory, confirming bird flu (Avian Influenza) outbreak in Humnabad of Bidar district of Karnataka, recently.

Srikakulam: Poultry sector is going through a difficult phase in Srikakulam district as farmers are not really enthusiastic about running poultry farms as it is not as profitable as it used to be earlier.Farmers are demanding that the government place poultry industry under agriculture sector, and to provide facilities on par with agriculture. But the government is yet to take a decision on the same. Normally farmers run poultry farms in two ways: one is purchasing chicks from poultry hatcheries of corporate companies like Suguna, Vencobb Sneha and rearing them for 45 days till suitable for sale. 

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.