Crops
How to Prevent Heat Stroke in Chickens
Knowing the signs of heat stroke in chickens, and a few steps to take in hot weather, can reduce deaths on poultry farms.
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Chicken Rearing
Agribusiness
A Third of Kushtia's Poultry Farms Shut
Heavy load-shedding and repeated feed price rises have closed many poultry farms in Kushtia, with estimates of the share shut ranging from a fifth to 70 per cent.
Fisheries
How to Keep a Poultry Farm Free of Flies
Flies spread disease on poultry farms, and good litter management, hygiene and approved treatments are the way to keep them down.
Agribusiness
Renata Brings "Folate Egg" to Market
Renata Limited has started marketing a new egg it says carries 35 per cent more folate than an ordinary egg and benefits mothers and children.
Agribusiness
Farmers Lose Tk 10 on Chicken and Tk 2 on Eggs
Egg prices in Rajshahi have slumped below production cost and broiler farmers are getting far less than the market price, leaving poultry farmers with losses.
Agribusiness
30 Per Cent of Chandpur's Poultry Farms Close in a Month
Rising feed prices and load-shedding have closed 30 per cent of poultry farms in Chandpur in a month, and those still running fear heavy losses.
Agribusiness
Five Cumilla Shops Fined for Overpricing Chicken
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined five businesses in Cumilla Tk 13,000 for not displaying price lists and selling chicken at inflated prices.
Agribusiness
Syndicate Unsettles Egg and Chicken Market, Farmers Struggle
Marginal poultry farmers have called for the syndicate to be broken, accusing 10-12 big companies of setting chick, egg and broiler prices at will.
Crops
Tk 520 Crore Looted in 15 Days by Raising Egg and Chicken Prices
Leaders of the Bangladesh Poultry Association, a small farmers' body, accuse big poultry companies of taking Tk 520 crore from consumers and small farmers in 15 days by raising prices.
Agribusiness
Middlemen Profited From Egg and Chicken Price Rise, Says BPICC
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council says opportunistic middlemen profited from the sudden rise in egg and broiler prices while farmers were not to blame.
Agribusiness
Broiler Chicken Tk 130 at the Farm, Tk 220 in the Market
Broiler chicken prices have soared in the market, but Tangail farmers say they still sell at Tk 130-140 a kg while their feed and chick costs keep rising.
Livestock
800 Chickens Die on Sonagazi Farm as Power Fails in Heat
About 800 broiler chickens died on a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, during intense heat and load-shedding, causing a loss of about Tk 2 lakh.
Agribusiness
Three Egg and Chicken Traders Fined for Overpricing
The consumer rights directorate fined two egg wholesalers in Tejgaon and a chicken shop in Karwan Bazar Tk 10,000 each after finding they set prices at will without receipts.