Agribusiness
Rising Fodder Prices Hit Qurbani Cattle Markets
Repeated rises in fodder prices after two floods in a month have squeezed Sherpur's farmers, pushing up the price of Qurbani animals.
Repeated rises in fodder prices after two floods in a month have squeezed Sherpur's farmers, pushing up the price of Qurbani animals.
Special trains will carry Qurbani animals from 6 to 8 July, the fisheries and livestock minister said at the online launch of Digital Haat 2022.
Cattle are pouring into Dhaka's Aftabnagar market a week before Eid-ul-Azha, but visitors are mostly looking and traders are waiting for buyers.
Hamida Akter, a history graduate from Tangail, is asking Tk 15 lakh for her 45-maund bull Manik, hoping the sale will fund her dream of a large cattle farm.