Nghe An: Poultry egg prices hit record high

Dien Trung Commune (Dien Chau) is the locality with the largest chicken farm in the province, with nearly 30 laying hen farms. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Rarely do poultry farmers in the areaNghe Anexcited like this time, because chicken eggs and duck eggs have increased in price to a record level amid the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.

Mr. Le Van Giang's family in Dien Trung commune is currently raising 2,000 laying hens, which lay 1,300 eggs per day. According to Mr. Giang, for more than a week now,chicken eggsThe price increased sharply, from 2,000 VND/fruit to 2,400 VND/fruit, while the market demand was high.

"Many months ago, chicken eggs fluctuated between 1,400 and 1,700 VND/egg, causing farmers to have insignificant profits, sometimes even losses, because of high feed prices. Now that the egg price has increased to 2,400 VND/egg, farmers have made a profit," Giang said excitedly.

Wholesale chicken eggs in Dien Trung commune (Dien Chau) are 2,400 VND/egg but cannot supply enough for customers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Dien Trung Commune is the locality with the largest flock of laying hens in the province, supplying the market with a significant amount of eggs every year. Mr. Dau Ngoc Hoa - Director of Livestock CooperativeVietGAP chickenDien Trung said: for the past 10 days, the price of chicken eggs has increased to 2,400 VND/egg, making egg-laying chicken farmers more excited. In Dien Trung commune, there are currently 24 egg-laying chicken farms, currently supplying the market with about 27 thousand eggs/day.

"Previously, chicken farmers had to contact customers to sell eggs, but now customers from near and far proactively contact them, and some even come to the place to buy. Eggs are mainly transported to the southern provinces and Hanoi; a part is consumed within the province, but "supply cannot meet demand". Not only have egg prices increased, but chicken meat prices have also increased from 45,000 VND to 52,000 VND/kg" - Mr. Dau Ngoc Hoa shared.

Mr. Le Van Duong - owner of a laying hen farm in Quynh Bang commune, Quynh Luu district said that at this time, chicken eggs have increased in price and are selling well. His herbal chicken eggs are sold at 3,500 VND/egg and are transported by traders to Hanoi for consumption, but "supply cannot meet demand".

Duck eggs are currently sold wholesale in Nghe An at 3,000 VND/egg. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Like chicken eggs, duck eggs are also on the rise in price at this time. Yen Thanh district is a locality with a tradition of raising ducks, so this is also the place to supply the market with a quantity of duck eggs.duck eggsquite large. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - owner of a farm raising thousands of laying ducks in Nam Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) said that duck eggs have increased in price in the past few days, the wholesale price from 2,400 VND/egg to 3,000 VND/egg is a record increase, but there are no eggs to sell, because the demand in the market is high, while the number of laying ducks in the population has decreased sharply.

Ms. Thuy said that due to the high cost of animal feed, people raise less ducks, so duck eggs are not as abundant as before. This is the main reason for the increase in duck egg prices, when market demand increases.

It is known that chicken eggs and duck eggs sold in retail in Nghe An market are currently priced from 3,500 to 4,000 VND/egg, but many places do not sell them.

The rising price of poultry eggs is a condition for farmers to have more income during the season.Covid-19 epidemicThis is especially true when animal feed prices have been increasing sharply since the beginning of the year./.