The Department of Rural Economy of Paraná's State Department of Agriculture has reported that the average producer price of live chicken in 2022 was lower than the average cost of production, with the nominal price paid to the producer being BRL 5.36/Kg, while the cost of production was BRL 5.55/Kg. The production cost has seen a consistent increase, being 53% more than in 2020 and 95% more than in 2019. The average price in December 2022 was almost 1% lower than the previous month and 1.2% higher than January of the same year.