January 20, 2010
Northern India faces decline in egg production
Egg producers in the Northern Plains region of India have suffered this winter as cold weather affected egg production.
The wholesale egg prices have suffered a severe drop from Rs300 (US$6.50) per 100 eggs in November 2009 to about Rs215 (US$4.60) per 100 currently.
Pramod Singla, president of the Haryana Poultry Farm Association, indicated that the cold weather has resulted in zero production by the older hens. Hence, the farmers are selling them for meat at about Rs15 (US$0.32) per kg. He added that farmers in the northern region face heavy competition from egg producers in South India.
