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The Namakkal-based layer producers have reduced the farm-gate price of shell eggs by 15 paise to Rs 1.60 per piece on Thursday. Low value-added forms hampering tuna exports (1/11/2008, The Hindu Business Line) Recently in Port Blair Despite the strident growth in tuna exports during last year, India’s tuna catch and export potential remains largely untapped. Suguna Poultry to invest Rs 120 cr in N. India (8/28/2006, The Hindu Business Line) Suguna Poultry Farm Ltd, the flagship arm of the Coimbatore-based Suguna Group, is foraying in the northern market with an investment of Rs 120 crore over the next two years. Rains wreak havoc — Maharashtra poultry industry in trouble (8/2/2005, The Hindu Business Line) INCESSANT rains and floods in Maharashtra have caused extensive damage to the poultry industry, with Raigad, Thane and Ratnagiri districts being the worst affected. Poultry farmers chicken out (7/8/2005, The Indian Express) As the floodwaters recede in Gujarat, the losses are becoming clearer. The poultry industry alone has suffered losses of at least Rs 2.5 crore in the past 10 days, combined with tobacco and dairy—the other two sectors to be badly affected by the floods—the figure can only escalate. VAT hits live chicken exports to Kerala (4/5/2005, The Hindu Business Line) LIVE chicken movement from Tamil Nadu to Kerala has been affected for the last one week in view of the poultry traders objecting to 12.5 per cent value- added tax (VAT) being imposed by Kerala on live birds brought from Tamil Nadu. SAARC nations impose ban on poultry imports (2/17/2004, The Hindu Business Line) EVEN as officials of international agencies such as the FAO and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the threat of bird flu would continue for the next couple of months, health officials of the SAARC nations on Monday decided to enforce a temporary ban on import of live poultry, poultry meat products, egg and egg products from the affected countries. EIC seeks new poultry export norms (1/27/2003, Business Standard) India will be asking the United States and the European Union for equivalence on standards for export of fresh poultry and poultry product consignments. Pepper cuts salmonella risk in poultry: Study (8/7/2002, The Hindu Business Line) HOT pepper oil can reduce the risk of the occurrence of salmonellosis in poultry chicks. Quoting a recent study by Ms Audrey McElory, Assistant Professor of Poultry Sciences at Virginia Tech, the Spices Board sources here said adding capsaicin — a natural substance present in pepper that produces a burning sensation in the mouth — to the diet of neonatal broiler chicks appeared to increase their resistance to salmonella. Feed sector report contests Govt claim on maize output (8/6/2002, The Hindu Business Line) STAGNANT production apart, the wide difference between the farm-gate prices and the prices offered by the end-users for the feed grade maize and sorghum have been the bane of the animal feed manufacturing sector. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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