Agribusiness
Chickens Dying in the Heat; Fears of a 'Severe' Price Rise in August
The Bangladesh Poultry Association warns that chicken deaths in the heatwave could cause egg and chicken prices to soar from August to October.
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Crops
Poultry Farming Changes Fortunes in Khagrachhari Village
Poultry farming has transformed the village of Swarnakartila in Khagrachhari's Matiranga, but farmers complain of no electricity, tolls and rising costs.
Fruits
Mirsharai Hopes for Tk 20 Crore of Watermelons
Farmers from Subarnachar have planted watermelons on about 500 acres of fallow char land in Mirsharai, Chattogram, and officials expect a Tk 20 crore crop.
Livestock
'Belabo's Dipjol' Set to Shake the Qurbani Haat
A Belabo livestock office AI technician hopes to sell his 22-maund Friesian bull, 'Belabo's Dipjol', for Tk 6 lakh this Eid.
Livestock
Farmers in Trouble as Hill Torrents Flood Lowlands
Rain and hill torrents from upstream have flooded Sunamganj's lowlands, leaving livestock farmers who hoped to profit at Eid-ul-Azha in deep trouble.
Livestock
Heatwave and Load-Shedding Worry Meherpur's Qurbani Cattle Farmers
Farmers in Meherpur who have fattened cattle for Qurbani are anxious as a heatwave and constant power cuts leave animals off their feed and at risk of heatstroke.
Agribusiness
CAB Demands Punishment for Those Who Looted the Chicken Market Through a Syndicate
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh demanded strict punishment for traders who made crores of taka through a broiler chicken syndicate.
Agribusiness
Marginal Farmers Ruined by Corporate Companies' 'Manipulation'
Bangladesh Poultry Association accuses a handful of corporate companies of pushing broiler prices down whenever marginal farmers' birds are ready for sale, and has proposed three steps including a poultry board.
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.
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.
Agribusiness
800 Farms Close in Two Months in Gaibandha
With feed, chick and medicine prices soaring but egg and chicken prices flat, 800 of Gaibandha's 2,800 commercial farms have closed in two months.
Crops
How to Increase Egg Production in Sonali Chickens
Sonali chickens are in demand for their meat and eggs, and a few management steps can raise how many eggs a flock lays.
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.