“Habib Asadullah Nejad”, Vice President of Broiler Trade Association, in a conversation with the economic reporter of Tasnim News Agency, stated: Based on the forecasts made for this year’s Eid, the amount of hatching in chicken farms in the country increased by 15% and the amount of production increased. It won from 120 million pieces to 140 million pieces.
He added: According to the country’s per capita consumption, the same 120 million pieces were enough and 140 million was considered as surplus production, which was caused by the spread of the corona virus in the country and the closure of restaurants, halls, and holding ceremonies, which reduced the amount of production.
The head of the Meat Poultry Association continued: People’s purchasing power has decreased this year. Economic problems and complications caused by Corona have reduced people’s purchases and caused heavy losses and accumulation of chickens in chicken farms.
This union official continued: the country’s livestock affairs support company is trying to absorb surplus production in a drop-by-drop manner, which cannot solve the problems of poultry farmers.
Asadollah Nejad stated that chicken farmers lose four thousand tomans per kilogram of live chicken in the current situation, and stated: while the price of each kilogram of live chicken is 10 thousand tomans, it is not sold for more than 6 thousand tomans.
He emphasized that 325,000 tons of chicken were sold in the last one month at a loss of 4,000 tomans per kilogram, which means 1,200 billion loss to chicken farmers, and the continuation of this will break the backs of chicken farmers.
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