The Hindu Business Line : TN poultry farmers to get maize on concession

Integrated poultry farms in Tamil Nadu rearing commercial broiler birds will get 640 tonnes of maize per one lakh bird population under the concessional supplies arranged by the Union Government.

In the case of farmers who are rearing only parent stocks (broilers), 300 tonnes of maize would be allocated for farms having one lakh birds each. The concessional maize will be distributed at Rs 450 a quintal (ex-Andhra Pradesh) and the supplies of maize, to be drawn from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) warehouses in Andhra, will be made available within the next one week, according to Mr Lakshmanan, President of the state Broiler Coordination Committee (BCC).

A special meeting of the BCC held here on Wednesday, which decided the sharing of the concessional maize from the FCI stocks among the broiler growers felt the distribution would be sufficient for the poultry farmers to meet at least next one month's feed requirements, Mr Lakshman told newspersons soon after the meeting. A total of 96,500 tonnes had been allotted to Tamil Nadu poultry as part of the second tranche of concessional maize extended to the sector by the Centre to bring relief to the poultry growers hit by the bird flu incidents early this year.

Of the 96,500 tonnes allotted, the layer bird growers will be given 55,000 tonnes and the rest to the broiler farmers. The distribution would be equitably carried out under the guidance of the State Animal Husbandry Department.

Landed cost up

According to the BCC President, though the per quintal cost of the concessional maize is put at Rs 450, its landed cost after transportation in Tamil Nadu would be around Rs 600. The current open market maize price in the State is at Rs 700 per quintal.

With the allocation of the concessional maize supplies expected to reach individual farmers, the open market maize price is likely to fall further. The Tamil Nadu poultry sector, which is said to be consuming about 12 lakh tonnes of maize annually, gets hardly five lakh tonnes of maize grown within the State.

Though the poultry farmers are partly relieved of the raw material pressure in the concessional maize supplies ensured by the Centre, the higher broiler supplies, more than the market demand continues to pull down the price realisation, and according to broiler trade sources, the chicken production is now estimated to be 10 per cent higher than what the market can absorb.

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