HYDERABAD: The Indian poultry sector is fearing pressure on profit margins with successive droughts resulting in acute shortage of poultry feed, forcing the industry to import maize and soya after several years, coupled with rising temperatures leading to a surge in broilers' mortality. 

Despite measures like increasing the prices of chicken and eggs and strict control over production, the breeders claim no respite to the pressure on profit margins.

KOLKATA: India's soyabean processors and poultry industry have asked the Narendra Modi government to open the doors for genetically-modified soyabean from the United States so that they can produce soya oil as well as soyameal in the country and utilise the unused crushing capacities built up over the years.

New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) Soybean prices edged higher by Rs 39 to Rs 3,964 per quintal in futures trading today as traders raised bets, tracing a firm trend overseas.

At the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange, soybean for delivery in current May month contracts was trading higher by Rs 39, or 0.99 per cent to Rs 3,964 per quintal, with an open interest of 59,540 lots.

Officials of National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) said that due to intense heat, the poultry birds are most affected resulting in drop in egg production. Hence, the price of wholesale eggs was increased by 10 paise. The price of egg remained at Rs. 3.50 for the most of April and dropped to Rs. 3.10 at the end. “Prevailing temperature and the forecast that temperature will increase further is expected to affect the birds. Despite summer and feed management in place, the size of eggs drops,” they added.

Ludhiana, May 2: The soaring temperature and sweltering heat affect not just humans but poultry too. It’s high time that poultry breeders need to take extra care of the birds in this hot weather.For the hot summer months there are many precautions which need to be taken right from the onset of summer.

The story of Namakkal’s rise as an industrial powerhouse is a testimony to the never-say-die attitude of the people here. Faced with acute water shortage in the rain shadow region of the western ghat, agriculture was never a viable option in Namakkal. With the odds stacked up against them, the residents buckled up and turned the natural disadvantage of the area to their benefit. Their toil and ingenuity helped them transform the city into a hub for poultry farming and truck body building industry in the matter of a few decades.

Panchkula: Haryana environment department, on Thursday, issued closure notices to six poultry farm owners for violating rules of the Pollution Control Board. According to orders issued by Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB), they said that a meeting was conducted with poultry farm owners in March where they were given instructions to follow guidelines issued by PCB as it is a serious concern for residents.

With drop in demand, the wholesale price of egg has dropped by 20 paise to be fixed at Rs. 3.10 here on Monday.Officials of the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), Namakkal Zone, said that the price of egg that remained at Rs. 3.50 from April 1 to April 22 dropped to Rs. 3.30 on April 23 and further dropped to Rs. 3.10 on April 25. They said that the drop is due to fall in demand as presently eggs are not supplied to noon meal centres.

Rajahmundry: The business in eggs in AP will take a hit as the sale of eggs to other states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Assam, declines given the governments of those states encouraging the local poultry industry by offering various incentives to their farmers.

With temperature expected to be around 41 degree Celsius in the next four days, poultry farmers were asked to ensure feed management so that it does not affect the birds.A weather advisory from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that the maximum and minimum temperatures will respectively be 41 degree Celsius and 28 degree Celsius.

As Maharashtra continues to face the ravages of drought, the poultry industry has started reporting almost 35 per cent production losses in the state. Ironically, this comes when for the first time in many months, the industry started reporting profits in the sales of broiler.Maharashtra sees placement of around 3.5 crore birds per month, of which around 50 lakh kgs of chicken is supplied to Mumbai alone

SRINAGAR : Additional district Magistrate Kupwara ordered the closure of two poultry godowns from the public place in the district.

According to documents available with a local news agency, KNS, Additional District Magistrate Kupwara, Firdous Sultan Raina directed the two poultry godown owners to close down their business.

With groundwater sources drying up, and the price of feed going up by over 50 per cent, the cost of production has shot up for poultry farmers in the southern States, without a matching rise in the prices at which they sell poultry products.

Coimbatore: Election flying squad caught two truck drivers trying to dump fish and poultry waste from Kerala at Sulur in Coimbatore on Tuesday night. They were carrying meat waste without following the proper norms and in violations of the norms. Police have filed a case against the truck owners.

After incurring losses for nearly nine months, the poultry sector has become viable thanks to a sharp turnaround in product prices. Chicken and egg prices have increased 25-30 per cent over the past two moths, mainly because of supply crunch.

CHENNAI, India–2016 – Kemin, a global leader in developing ingredients for animal nutrition and health, shared its expertise with stakeholders and customers through a series of programs called Kemin Kontact. The company invited Professor Ravi Ravindran from Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences to speak on various unique needs and challenges facing the global poultry industry. Kemin organized Kemin KnowlEDGE day followed by Kemin Kontact in four major poultry hubs including Bengaluru, Pune, Coimbatore and Hyderabad, with the theme, “Performance beyond feed conversion ratio (FCR) - the way forward”.

HERENTALS, Belgium – March 30, 2016 – Many feed mill operators have done just about all they can to increase profitability through reducing input costs at the raw material level, however, there are still additional ways to increase profitability in their feed production. That was the collective focus of feed engineering experts, assembled by Kemin, at the 2nd International Feed Engineering Summit.

Herentals, Belgium – January 12, 2016 – Continuing to deliver on its global growth plans, Kemin Industries has formed a new Kemin subsidiary in Russia: Kemin Industries (Lipetsk) LLC. Kemin will operate in the Special Economic Zone of Lipetsk. This development is 15 kilometers outside the town of Lipetsk and 438 kilometers southeast of Moscow. The company’s plan is to build a facility with manufacturing, administration offices, lunch room, quality lab security building and warehouses. The investment is one of many made since Kemin shared its 5-year expansion plan setting forth strategic investments for its operations in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and the United States.

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh government has given its nod for setting up State Institute of Animal Disease Investigation & Research (SIADIR) at Vijayawada.

A viral outbreak accompanied by scorching summer heat is killing poultry by thousands in the city. Last week, the State’s Animal Husbandry Department learnt of the death of nearly 3,000 birds at a farm in Hayatnagar. Testing of carcasses revealed the presence of Ranikhet disease, a highly contagious respiratory illness of poultry. Enquiries made by officials from the farmer also revealed birds had symptoms of respiratory illness.