SRINAGAR: Illegal import of frozen chicken in Kashmir according to poultry dealers is badly hitting their business.GM Bhat, Kashmir Valley Poultry Farmers Association President expressed serious concern on these imports, which according to him are not only unhygienic, but even not certified as halal.

India prepares to import corn for the first time in 16 years, at least one stipulation in its international tender has become much tougher to meet - that shipments of the crop are completely free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The availability of pulses in the country has been pegged at around 17 million metric tonnes for the year 2015-16, as against the requirement of 20 million metric tonnes. This clearly shows a supply deficit, but the larger picture indicates a drastic drop in per capita protein consumption and thus, a looming malnutrition issue.

The stock of Venky’s (India) Limited (NSE:VENKEYS) is a huge mover today! The stock increased 11.39% or INR 25.8 on February 15, hitting INR 252.4. Venky’s (India) Limited (NSE:VENKEYS) has declined 72.68% since July 17, 2015 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 62.48% the S&P500.

Hyderabad: It is three years now since loading of eggs on railway from Anaparthi in East Godavari to various parts of the country stopped. The reasons for poultry merchants looking to road transport include multiple handling, breakages, porters’ inability to handle fragile goods, air-tight rail wagons that are detrimental to eggs and issues of last mile  connectivity. 

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: As India prepares to import corn for the first time in 16 years, at least one stipulation in its international tender has become much tougher to meet - that shipments of the crop are completely free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). 

Poultry farmers should use dry feeds as prevailing temperatures during day and night is likely to affect the feed intake of birds.

NEW DELHI: India and the US are close to solving a 3-year old WTO dispute over domestic content requirement in India's solar power programme. 

A top government source said that India and the US are talking over this issue and leaders from both the countries are handling it in a "mature way". 

Indian soybean futures fell on Monday on profit-booking while rapeseed edged higher on short-covering.

The March soybean contract on the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange dropped 0.79 percent to 3,784 rupees ($55.70) per 100 kg.

In a letter to the Secretary of Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, the association secretary P.V. Senthil said that poultry products and egg exports has significantly come down after the bird flu outbreak in India in 2008.

Once an exporter of oilmeal, India has failed to meet domestic demand for bird and animal feed, and will soon start importing. Around 15,000 oilseed crushing units have been operating at  20-30 per cent of their capacity of 36 million tonnes edible oil because of negative crushing parity or unviability.

With night temperature to be low due to fog, egg production and egg weight are expected to decline slightly.

A weather advisory from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that the maximum and minimum temperature was expected to be 34 degree Celsius and 20 degree Celsius respectively.

BHUBANESWAR: One of the largest poultry farms in the state, owned by the son of leader of opposition Narasingha Mishra, has come under the scanner of National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi bench for alleged pollution in nearby localities.

Narasingha's son Soumendra Mishra has set up the poultry farm near Chhatamakhna, along the National Highway-26 in Balangir district. Soumendra appeared before the NGT on Friday through his counsel. NGT summoned him for personal appearance or through a pleader.

The high diurnal temperature fluctuations would not be favourable for poultry as it would reduce feed intake.

Egg production and egg weight would also decline slightly as farmers had been asked to reduce energy content of feed by 50 kcal per kg to 2,500 kcal per kg feed.

Soymeal exports touched an all time low of 7,707 tonnes in January this year, due to higher bean prices in the domestic market.

The export during April-January period of the current fiscal declined by 87 per cent to 69,266 tonnes compared to 5.35 lakh tonnes in the same period of previous year.

CHENNAI: Newcastle disease is one of the most common contagious diseases that affect poultry birds with a mortality rate as high as 90%. It often gets transmitted to workers who handle infected birds, leaving them with symptoms of conjunctivitis.High doses of avian vaccine had been used for more than 60 years, without much effect.

To protect poultry birds from Ranikhet disease, the Department of Animal Husbandry, Vellore is conducting a two-week intensive vaccination campaign from February 9 to 22.

Indian poultry sector is growing at 8-10 per cent per annum and the country stands 5th in egg production and 18th in broiler production globally, Agriculture Minister RadhaMohan Singh said today. 

PUNE: Even as the maize prices are expected to remain stable after a correction in response to the imports being undertaken by state trading company PEC, trade veterans think that the industry has a short window of two months to get import allocations for 2016-17 from the government in order to keep the prices cool during the rest of the year.