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Covid-19 brings turmoil to the Kazakhstan egg industry

  • 7 Jul 09:55

Egg production in Kazakhstan may fall by up to 30% during the next few months as Covid-19 is driving farms out of operation and pushes others to cull their stock. The entire poultry industry in Kazakhstan is suffering from the high prices on the domestic grain market. The average price of feed grain has recently reached KZT 90,000 ($ 217) per ton, while normally at this time of year grain costs around KZT 60,000 ($ 145) per ton Alexander Pryadko, owner of Alekri poultry farm told to the local news outlet Caravan. Poultry feed price hike The price hike is linked with the coronavirus pandemic. This pushed the government towards instituting a quota as. Read more...