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.
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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.
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.
Agribusiness
How Chick Behaviour Tells You the Farm Temperature
Chicks huddle when too cold, pant when too hot and spread out when the temperature is right, so farmers can read brooder heat from their behaviour.
Livestock
Plantain: A Safe, Antibiotic-Free Livestock Feed
Researcher Dr Al Mamun has adapted plantain, a medicinal herb used as dairy feed in New Zealand, to Bangladesh as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters.