Winter chill: Egg prices look up
The National Egg co-ordination Committee (NECC) has called a meeting of poultry farmers in Pune on Thursday to chalk out a strategy to prevent wholesalers from deciding the egg prices.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The National Egg co-ordination Committee (NECC) has called a meeting of poultry farmers in Pune on Thursday to chalk out a strategy to prevent wholesalers from deciding the egg prices.
“We will discuss how not to allow the wholesalers and large stockists to decide the egg price,” NECC northern region chairman Harish Juneja said here on Wednesday.
Juneja, who is leaving for Pune to attend the meet, said poultry farmers in the northern region are not united leading to wholesalers deciding the egg prices. “Though many large farmers sell eggs at NECC price, there are small farmers who offer the eggs to wholesaler at a price which the latter fixes,” he said.
The problem is not confined to Delhi alone, even Punjab and Haryana farmers also face the same problem, he added.
Meanwhile, egg prices have moved up to Rs 205 per 100 pieces from Tuesday’s Rs 204 in Delhi. The farm gate price was Rs 196 per 100 eggs in Punjab and Haryana.
NECC declares egg prices on a daily basis and poultry farmers are expected to adhere not to sell below that level. However, trade sources said, there are some wholesalers who are also members of NECC and they are deciding the rate that suits them, not the farmers.
on an average 1-1.5 crore eggs are traded daily in the north, of which delhi has a share of about 60 lakh, he said. but the margin of wholesalers is not much, he added.
“We will discuss how not to allow the wholesalers and large stockists to decide the egg price,” NECC northern region chairman Harish Juneja said here on Wednesday.
Juneja, who is leaving for Pune to attend the meet, said poultry farmers in the northern region are not united leading to wholesalers deciding the egg prices. “Though many large farmers sell eggs at NECC price, there are small farmers who offer the eggs to wholesaler at a price which the latter fixes,” he said.
The problem is not confined to Delhi alone, even Punjab and Haryana farmers also face the same problem, he added.
Meanwhile, egg prices have moved up to Rs 205 per 100 pieces from Tuesday’s Rs 204 in Delhi. The farm gate price was Rs 196 per 100 eggs in Punjab and Haryana.
NECC declares egg prices on a daily basis and poultry farmers are expected to adhere not to sell below that level. However, trade sources said, there are some wholesalers who are also members of NECC and they are deciding the rate that suits them, not the farmers.
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Poultry farmers also want to get a better price when rates of egg increase on winter demand, a trader said. They feel they are not getting the benefits, which is not true, he added. “The rate is determined by demand-supply. It is not in any body’s hands,” egg wholesaler Pramod Nagpal said. on an average 1-1.5 crore eggs are traded daily in the north, of which delhi has a share of about 60 lakh, he said. but the margin of wholesalers is not much, he added.
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