Nearly 10 lakh kgs chicken and live poultry sold in Hyderabad on Sundays; sales dip
1 month, 1 week ago

Nearly 10 lakh kgs chicken and live poultry sold in Hyderabad on Sundays; sales dip

The Hindu  

Thousands of farmers and countless others reliant on the poultry industry in Telangana are grappling with the fallout of the bird flu outbreak in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Telangana Poultry Federation president K. Mohan Reddy estimates a 50% drop in the industry’s average daily income, which typically reaches ₹10 crore in the State. Estimating the number of people employed in the industry at 7 lakh, Mr.Reddy says chicken and live poultry sales in Hyderabad on Sundays touch about 10 lakh kilograms, something that has dipped sharply in the wake of the flu. With annual egg consumption typically dipping between mid-January and May, the flu’s arrival is set to further strain poultry farmers by lowering prices and worsening the situation.

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Bird flu scare: Bengalureans shun chicken, eggs; officials say no reason to panic
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bird flu scare: Bengalureans shun chicken, eggs; officials say no reason to panic

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: With cases of bird flu reported among poultry in Raichur, Chikkaballapur, and Ballari, chicken sales and prices have taken a hit across Bengaluru. While some customers began opting for alternatives after cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh, the impact on prices —dropping by around Rs 25-30 per kg— and the decline in sales became more pronounced in Bengaluru following …

Poultry sales in Andhra soar 60% as farmers counter bird flu fears with food festivals
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Poultry sales in Andhra soar 60% as farmers counter bird flu fears with food festivals

New Indian Express  

GUNTUR: Poultry sales in the State have surged by 60% in just one week, thanks to a bold strategy by farmers to win back consumer confidence following a bird flu outbreak. Organising food festivals across major cities like Guntur, Rajamahendravaram, Kakinada, Vijayawada, and Tirupati, farmers served free chicken and egg dishes to debunk myths surrounding poultry consumption. The outbreak was …

Bird flu outbreak in Andhra Pradesh: Burden of bird blight
1 month ago

Bird flu outbreak in Andhra Pradesh: Burden of bird blight

The Hindu  

The Zilla Parishad School in Badampudi village, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, usually filled with children’s laughter and lesson chants during the day, was eerily silent on February 13. Eluru District Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, T. Govindaraju, says about 1,000 PPE kits and other safety gear were provided to the 20 teams conducting the culling operation even as he …

Bird flu outbreak lowers chicken prices, boosts mutton, seafood demand
1 month, 1 week ago

Bird flu outbreak lowers chicken prices, boosts mutton, seafood demand

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The ongoing bird flu outbreak has caused a significant drop in poultry prices across the State, while driving up the demand and cost of mutton and seafood. In Kakinada, skinless chicken has reduced from Rs 260 to Rs 240 per kg, and chicken with skin now costs Rs 220, down from Rs 240. Tirupati saw live chicken prices fall …

Chicken prices plummet amid flu scare
1 month, 1 week ago

Chicken prices plummet amid flu scare

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The bird flu scare has resulted in a sharp drop in the demand for chicken and their prices in the city. In a related development, with people avoiding chicken due to health concerns, the demand for mutton and fish has shot up. Even regular customers are avoiding chicken and opting for mutton or fish," pointed out poultry vendor Mohd. …

Bird Flu In Telangana Secunderabad Chicken Centres Found Selling Rotten Meat
1 month, 1 week ago

Bird Flu In Telangana Secunderabad Chicken Centres Found Selling Rotten Meat

ABP News  

If you are a non-vegetarian in the Anna Nagar area of Hyderabad's twin city Secunderabad, you may be in for a disgusting shock. Amid a bird flu scare in Telangana's Hyderabad, a large quantity of rotten meat has been discovered in the cold storage of chicken centres in Anna Nagar, Secunderabad. On Thursday, February 13, officials from the Food Safety …

Avian influenza: No chicken, eggs to carnivores in Hyderabad zoo as precaution
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1 month, 1 week ago

Avian influenza: No chicken, eggs to carnivores in Hyderabad zoo as precaution

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Feb. 14: The Nehru Zoological Park here has halted the supply of chicken and eggs for carnivores as a precautionary measure amid reports of chicken deaths in neighbouring states due to suspected avian influenza. The zoo authorities used to feed 35 kgs of chicken and about 140 eggs to carnivores, including tigers, lions, panther and jaguars, zoo sources said …

No decline in demand for chicken in Hyderabad
1 month, 1 week ago

No decline in demand for chicken in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

There is no decline in the demand for chicken in Hyderabad. Chicken shop owners said that they have not observed any change in the consumers’ need for meat in the past few days. The butchers who have been following news about Bird Flu in a few States, said that prices are subjective to the company they buy the chicken from. …

Telangana zoos halt chicken, eggs usage as bird flu cases rise in Andhra
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana zoos halt chicken, eggs usage as bird flu cases rise in Andhra

India Today  

Telangana has taken preventive measures after Andhra Pradesh reported cases of Avian flu across five villages in the state. The Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad has stopped procuring chicken and eggs for its carnivorous animals as a precaution against potential avian influenza transmission. Following a rise in chicken deaths in neighbouring states due to suspected avian influenza, Telangana has also …

Bird flu scare leaves poultry business in Andhra Pradesh dire straits
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu scare leaves poultry business in Andhra Pradesh dire straits

The Hindu  

The avian flu scare in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in a drop in the consumption of chicken and eggs, severely impacting the poultry business. In NTR district, around 7,000 broiler chicks, belonging to a farm at Anumollanka village, have died in the past two days, triggering fears of bird flu in Vijayawada. According to Andhra Pradesh Poultry Federation vice-president T. …

Bird flu scare hits Telangana; poultry sales plunge, prices drop
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu scare hits Telangana; poultry sales plunge, prices drop

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM/KARIMNAGAR /NIZAMABAD/KAMAREDDY: The fear of bird flu has severely impacted poultry sales across Khammam, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, and Kamareddy districts, with consumers shifting to fish and red meat. With confirmed bird flu cases in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, which are close to Telangana’s borders, authorities suspect that the same virus led to poultry deaths. In Khammam, broiler …

Meat sales plummet in Vizag over bird flu scare
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meat sales plummet in Vizag over bird flu scare

The Hindu  

Reports of a spread of the H5N1 avian influenza in East Godavari district has sparked fears of a similar outbreak in Visakhapatnam district, with locals shunning meat shops for the past few days. Though no case of bird flu was reported in Anakapalli or Visakhapatnam districts, consumers are in no mood to take any chances, and have decided to give …

Bird Flu fears hit chicken sales in Hyderabad
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bird Flu fears hit chicken sales in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Amid fears of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, Hyderabad has witnessed a steep drop in chicken consumption and corresponding increase in the sale of fish and mutton. They are willing to negotiate costs rather than risk raising concerns among their guests.” Sanjeev Chintawar, assistant general manager of the National Egg Coordination Committee, told this newspaper, “There has …

Suspected bird flu leaves lakhs of hens dead in Telangana
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Suspected bird flu leaves lakhs of hens dead in Telangana

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM: Poultry farmers in Khammam district are worried as a large number of hens are dying because of a suspected bird flu. “We visited the poultry farms and collected the samples to identify the reason for these deaths,” said animal husbandry joint director K Venkatanarayana. He added that a similar kind of bird flu killed a large number of broiler …

Nearly 4 lakh chickens die in Andhra; samples sent for testing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 4 lakh chickens die in Andhra; samples sent for testing

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Nearly four lakh chickens perished in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and vicinity over the past 45 days, prompting the Animal Husbandry Department to send samples for testing to ascertain the cause, said an official on Wednesday. Animal Husbandry Department director Damodar Naidu said samples were sent to a high security lab in Bhopal and also Vijayawada for …

Nearly four lakh chickens perish in Andhra, samples sent to ascertain cause
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly four lakh chickens perish in Andhra, samples sent to ascertain cause

Hindustan Times  

Amaravati, Nearly four lakh chickens perished in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and vicinity over the past 45 days, prompting the Animal Husbandry Department to send samples for testing to ascertain the cause, said an official on Wednesday. Nearly four lakh chickens perish in Andhra, samples sent to ascertain cause Animal Husbandry Department director Damodar Naidu said samples were …

Telangana poultry owners concerned over Latur chicken deaths
2 months ago

Telangana poultry owners concerned over Latur chicken deaths

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Animal Husbandry department and poultry farms across the State are on high alert following the death of 4,200 chicks in a poultry farm in Maharashtra’s Latur district, days after about 60 crows succumbed to bird flu. As part of the system, it would regularly collect more than 1,000 samples from poultry farms across the State and send them …

Poultry Industry Reeling Under Threat of Avian Flu
1 year, 1 month ago

Poultry Industry Reeling Under Threat of Avian Flu

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: Even as there are no fresh cases of avian influenza, poultry industry in Nellore and Chittoor districts has taken a hit following the reported threat of bird flu spreading. Significantly, panic started spreading among consumers after government officials started culling hundreds of birds and destroyed eggs at the poultry farms in areas in Kovur and Podalakuru mandals of Nellore …

Chicken develops wings, egg cracks under inflation pressure
2 years, 10 months ago

Chicken develops wings, egg cracks under inflation pressure

The Hindu  

Chicken, an important non-vegetarian protein, seems to have flown off the plate of the common man, following the sudden spike in price. Though the price had dropped a little to ₹284 per kg for skinless chicken on Tuesday, it is still way higher than the earlier price of ₹220-230 per kg. Dressed chicken with skin hovered around ₹250 per kg, …

Chicken prices take wing in Andhra Pradesh
3 years ago

Chicken prices take wing in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Broiler chicken prices shot up and reached an all-time high in Andhra Pradesh while the price of egg remained normal. The state produces around five crore birds per month and the average demand for chicken meat is around 10 lakh kgs per day in Andhra Pradesh. North Andhra Poultry Farmers Association president Thataraju Appa Rao said rice bran oil, …

Bird flu scare causes loss in poultry businesses across India
4 years, 2 months ago

Bird flu scare causes loss in poultry businesses across India

Hindustan Times  

Avian flu scare has resulted in substantial loss in the poultry business across India as thousands of birds died over the last few months. Besides increasing surveillance around water bodies, live bird markets, zoos, poultry farms, proper disposal of carcass, and strengthening of bio-security in poultry farms have to be ensured. "The number of customers has declined due to rumours …

Poultry industry hit by bird flu fears, chicken prices drop by 50%
4 years, 2 months ago

Poultry industry hit by bird flu fears, chicken prices drop by 50%

India TV News  

After the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the country's poultry industry, it is now reeling under the fresh threat of the bird flu infection. However, in the beginning of 2021, the fear of bird flu has increased so much that the demand of chickens and chicken products has decreased by more than 70 per cent, the poultry traders said. He …

Poultry industry worried after temporary trading ban in MP amid bird flu scare
4 years, 2 months ago

Poultry industry worried after temporary trading ban in MP amid bird flu scare

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to authorise district magistrates to impose a temporary ban on trading with poultry companies based in South Indian states in case they feel the need to do so. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had convened a meeting of top officials to assess the bird flu situation in the state and announced that as …

Coronavirus undermines Indian farm crop prices, derails rural rebound; export demand dips as produce becomes expensive for overseas buyers
5 years ago

Coronavirus undermines Indian farm crop prices, derails rural rebound; export demand dips as produce becomes expensive for overseas buyers

Firstpost  

With more than 263 million farmers, the health of India’s farm sector can have a significant impact on the economy. However, the coronavirus outbreak sent crop prices tumbling just as Asia’s third-biggest economy was expanding at its slowest pace in more than six years. Prices for key crops like corn, soybeans, cotton and onions have plunged as much as 50 …

COVID-19: as poultry farmers’ losses mount, leaders seek proactive intervention from govt.
5 years ago

COVID-19: as poultry farmers’ losses mount, leaders seek proactive intervention from govt.

The Hindu  

As losses facing Maharashtra’s poultry farmers keep mounting, farmers’ leaders in the State have urged for proactive action from the government to dispel rumours linking COVID-19 to poultry. Estimating that the poultry industry’s losses had well exceeded ₹500 crore in a matter of weeks, farmers’ leaders like Dr. Ajit Nawale of the All Indian Kisan Sabha and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana …

Poultry sector faces Rs 1,750-cr losses due to coronavirus rumours; seeks relief package from govt
5 years ago

Poultry sector faces Rs 1,750-cr losses due to coronavirus rumours; seeks relief package from govt

Firstpost  

Poultry breeders on Monday demanded a relief package from the government claiming that the sector has incurred heavy losses of around Rs 1,750 crore in a month due to fake news that coronavirus was spreading due to chickens New Delhi: Poultry breeders on Monday demanded a relief package from the government claiming that the sector has incurred heavy losses of …

Inhumane, unregulated animal agriculture practices in India extract a heavy toll on us, and the environment
5 years, 8 months ago

Inhumane, unregulated animal agriculture practices in India extract a heavy toll on us, and the environment

Firstpost  

The poultry industry has grown unregulated such that it impacts the weakest sections of society: residents near these farms, the environment and the birds themselves. The CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute submitted a report to the Animal Welfare Board of India highlighting that poultry production is associated with a variety of environmental pollutants. The Centre for Science and Environment too …

Kerala poultry farmers return chicken bought from Tamil Nadu
7 years, 8 months ago

Kerala poultry farmers return chicken bought from Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

PALAKKAD: Two dozens of fully loaded trucks carrying chicken crossed the Nadupunni check post here to Tamil Nadu Sunday night after the poultry industry decided to go on strike in Kerala after talks with finance minister T. M. Thomas Isaac failed. All Kerala Poultry Traders and Farmers Sangam officials said they decided to return chicken procured from farms in Pollachi …

MP: Entrepreneurs refuse jobs, teach farmers to breed Kadaknath chicken
8 years, 10 months ago

MP: Entrepreneurs refuse jobs, teach farmers to breed Kadaknath chicken

Hindustan Times  

Three educated youngsters from Haryana have ditched plum corporate job offers to set up a poultry farm and training centre in Pitol village near MP’s to breed Kadaknath, a protein-rich breed also beneficial for patients of asthma and cardiac ailments. Kadaknath tasted popularity in 2015 as a state government scheme wherein chicks of the breed were supplied to 150 poultry …

Egg export from state shows declining trend in Rajahmundry
8 years, 11 months ago

Egg export from state shows declining trend in Rajahmundry

Deccan Chronicle  

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. As the day temperature is expected to rise further in the days ahead, the poultry …

Bird flu symptoms not found in Krishna: officials
9 years, 11 months ago

Bird flu symptoms not found in Krishna: officials

The Hindu  

Even as their counterparts in Telangana have a tough time handing the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in a village in Ranga Reddy district, officials of the Animal Husbandry Department here said they had not found any unusual bird death in poultry farms in Krishna district. As many as eight teams from the Animal Husbandry Department visited the poultry …

Avian flu outbreak triggers alert in Telangana
9 years, 11 months ago

Avian flu outbreak triggers alert in Telangana

The Hindu  

The Telangana government on Tuesday has set out to cull as many as 1.45 lakh poultry birds after samples tested at a farm on the city’s outskirts identified H5N1 Avian Influenza outbreak. Animal husbandry authorities got word of infection from the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal on Monday, which confirmed ‘positive strong’ infection in all 11 samples within …

Poultry will be recognised as part of farming sector: KCR
10 years, 7 months ago

Poultry will be recognised as part of farming sector: KCR

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday assured a delegation of the poultry industry that called on him that the State government would positively examine their request to recognise poultry as part of agriculture sector. The delegation led by Telangana Broilers Association president G. Ranjith Reddy and Hyderabad Layer Farmers Association president K. Mohan Reddy explained to the Chief …

Which is costlier, the chicken or the egg?
11 years, 9 months ago

Which is costlier, the chicken or the egg?

The Hindu  

As if the consistently high prices of vegetables and fuel were not bad enough, the sudden increase in the prices of chicken and eggs has been a blow to customers. Shabeer Ahamed, president of Chennai Meat Traders Association, said: “We get only 5 lakh hens daily, a decrease of over 10 lakh. “Profits have come down by at least 30 …

Poultry industry in State in deep crisis
12 years, 2 months ago

Poultry industry in State in deep crisis

The Hindu  

Poultry industry in the State finds itself in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, thanks to ‘exorbitant’ rise in prices of feed and absence of commensurate increase in prices of birds and eggs. Decline in the demand for birds coupled with hike in prices of essential ingredients like maize and soybean has forced farmers to sell the birds at around …

Bird flu-hit farmers still await compensation
18 years, 2 months ago

Bird flu-hit farmers still await compensation

Hindustan Times  

Many Poultry farmers, who suffered heavy economic losses during the outbreak of Bird flu last year, have yet to receive compensation amount to be given to them under state government's financial package. HT Image While the government has allotted Rs 50 crore out of Rs 80 crore package, 60 per cent of the amount, which is almost Rs 30 crore, …

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