Tens of thousands of VietGAP chickens in Dien Chau cannot be sold due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

Mr. Le Xuan Bich, owner of a chicken farm in Dien Trung commune, is worried because nearly 2,000 chickens are ready to be sold but cannot be sold. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Le Xuan Bich's family in Hamlet 4, Dien Trung Commune (Dien Chau) has a large-scale farm system that can raise 7,000 broiler chickens per batch. However, his family is currently in a deadlock because nearly 2,000 broiler chickens are ready to be sold but cannot be sold because there is notraderscome, even though prices are rock bottom.

"Three days ago, the family sold over 2 tons of chicken meat at 55,000 VND/kg, making a profit. But on June 8, the family continued to sell nearly 2,000 chickens weighing nearly 2 kg/chicken, but could not sell them because no traders came to buy them. There is no other way, now we have to keep them, every day the family has to invest 2.4 million VND in feed, on the contrary, the chickens are no longer old enough, so we lose money" - Mr. Le Xuan Bich shared.

Broiler chickens that are ready to be sold are no longer growing, so they cannot be sold, forcing families to invest in raising them and lose money. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Not only Mr. Bich's family, but dozens of households raising broiler chickens in Dien Trung commune are facing similar situations, the reason is that sinceCovid-19 epidemichas occurred in Ha Tinh province up to now, especially since the Provincial People's Committee issued a document on temporarily closing restaurants in Vinh city and 4 neighboring districts to prevent and fight the epidemic, so chicken meat cannot be consumed.

Mr. Dau Ngoc Hoa - Director of Livestock CooperativeVietGAP chickenDien Trung could not help but feel impatient, saying: There are currently more than 40 broiler farms in the commune. Broiler products here are often sold in cities from Nghe An to Quang Tri. However, the complicated impact of the Covid-19 epidemic has caused a large amount of broiler chickens in the cooperative to be stagnant. Statistics as of June 9 show that the cooperative still has more than 40,000 broiler chickens that are ready to be sold and cannot be sold, even though the price has dropped from 55,000 VND/kg to 40,000 - 45,000 VND/kg.

Currently, Dien Trung VietGAP Chicken Cooperative still has over 40,000 broiler chickens ready for sale, but cannot be sold due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Previously, there were nearly ten trucks carrying chickens to sell everywhere every day, but for the past three days no trucks have come to pick them up, so the farm is full of unsold chickens.

Now, only traders come by motorbike to buy chickens at cheap prices, but the quantity consumed is insignificant compared to the current number of chickens. Chickens cannot be consumed, forcing families to continue investing in raising them, but the irony is that the longer the raising time, the more loss they will have, because the chickens are no longer old enough to grow," said Mr. Dang Ngoc Hoa.

The complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic means that households raising VietGAP broiler chickens in Dien Trung commune are sitting on hot coals, because they have to continue investing in chicken feed, while the price of feed is increasing, and the chickens are no longer growing.

Xuan Hoang