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176506
Tue, 04/19/2011 - 14:43
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Pork and egg price surges hit new highs
UBON RATCHATHANI, April 19 (TNA) - Persistent price surges on eggs and meat have dampened local markets around Thailand, following a drop in productivity levels from the hot weather and a rising price of feed.
In northeast Ubon Ratchathani, fresh markets and wholesale vendors have reported a fall in the supply of chicken eggs, prompting them to increase egg prices by 10-15 baht per measured tray, with a tray of largest-sized eggs costing 120 baht, up from an original from 115.
Vendors are saying that rapid weather changes have been causing chickens to lay fewer eggs, while poultry farms have also been under the grip of higher feed and transport costs. They predict that another price surge will come when the school break ends.
As a result, vendors at the local Warinchamraab Market have also revealed a drop in daily egg sales from 1,000 trays to 700 in two months.
In Nakhon Sawan, an increasing number of people have refrained from buying expensive eggs, now that one largest-sized egg is being sold at 4 baht.
Meanwhile, butcher shops at Khon Kaen’s Bang Lam Poo Market have raised pork prices to 150 baht a kilogram from 140 baht earlier, they say, due to expensive feed costs and slower growth of livestock pigs from the hot weather. (TNA)
In northeast Ubon Ratchathani, fresh markets and wholesale vendors have reported a fall in the supply of chicken eggs, prompting them to increase egg prices by 10-15 baht per measured tray, with a tray of largest-sized eggs costing 120 baht, up from an original from 115.
Vendors are saying that rapid weather changes have been causing chickens to lay fewer eggs, while poultry farms have also been under the grip of higher feed and transport costs. They predict that another price surge will come when the school break ends.
As a result, vendors at the local Warinchamraab Market have also revealed a drop in daily egg sales from 1,000 trays to 700 in two months.
In Nakhon Sawan, an increasing number of people have refrained from buying expensive eggs, now that one largest-sized egg is being sold at 4 baht.
Meanwhile, butcher shops at Khon Kaen’s Bang Lam Poo Market have raised pork prices to 150 baht a kilogram from 140 baht earlier, they say, due to expensive feed costs and slower growth of livestock pigs from the hot weather. (TNA)
