Livestock
Chicken Meat Output Down 26 Percent, Eggs 25
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association says chicken meat output is 25.71 percent and egg output 25 percent below capacity as farms shut.
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Chicken Rearing
Vegetables
Fish and Meat Out of Reach for Ordinary People
With beef at Tk 750, broiler at Tk 240-250 and fish prices rising, middle- and low-income families in Dhaka can no longer afford fish or meat.
Livestock
1,200 Chickens Burnt to Death in Night-Time Farm Fire in Narail
A fire at a poultry farm in Narail's B-Patna village late on Sunday night killed 1,200 chickens, with the owner putting the loss at about Tk 8 lakh.
Vegetables
Drumsticks at Tk 200 a Kg, Pakistani Chicken Tops Tk 300 in Rangpur
Green chilli, Pakistani chicken and some vegetables rose in Rangpur's markets over the week, with new drumsticks selling at Tk 190-200 a kg.
Agribusiness
Chicken Prices Up Tk 50 a Kg in Feni
Prices of every kind of chicken in Feni rose by Tk 40 to 50 a kg within a week, which sellers blame on higher feed prices.
Agribusiness
Eggs at Tk 50 a Hali, Broiler at Tk 200 a Kg in Dhaka
Egg prices in Dhaka rose Tk 10 a hali in a week to Tk 50, and broiler chicken rose Tk 40 to 60 to Tk 200 to 220 a kg.
Agribusiness
Marginal Farmers Want Corporate Companies Out of Egg and Meat Production
The Bangladesh Poultry Association has demanded that corporate companies be barred from producing chicken meat and eggs and from contract farming.
Livestock
BLRI's "Subarna" Chicken Brings Back the Taste of Local Chickens
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute has developed BLRI Meat Chicken-1 (Subarna), a fast-growing meat bird with the taste and plumage of local chickens.
Crops
Steps Coming to Keep Broiler Chicken Affordable: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said positive decisions would be taken, after talks with the prime minister, to support the poultry sector and keep broiler chicken affordable.
Agribusiness
Four-Legged Rooster in Chapainawabganj Draws Offers of Tk 50,000
A rooster with four legs has become the star attraction at a children's park in Nachol, Chapainawabganj, and bids for it have reached Tk 50,000.
Livestock
2,500 Chicks Die in One Night at Loan-Funded Poultry Farm in Feni
Two thousand five hundred 12-day-old chicks died at a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, and poultry doctors could not establish the cause.
Crops
Bangladesh Poultry Convention to Be Held at SAU in January
Poultry Professionals Bangladesh will host the two-day Bangladesh Poultry Convention 2023 at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka.
Agribusiness
Class 12 Student Jihad Dreams of Success with a Poultry Farm
A college student in Araihazar who began rearing chickens on his roof during the pandemic now runs a farm of about 3,000 birds.