Thailand: Livestock pushes to export more than 60 million eggs to counteract falling prices

Mr. Somchuan Veterinarian Rattana Mangkhalanon Director-General of the Department of Livestock Development said that The Department of Livestock Development as the secretary of the Egg Board and Product Development Policy Committee (Egg Board) had a meeting with the Egg Farmers Association. Cooperative of laying hens and laying hen raisers in planning and determining the direction of the laying hen industry in order to stabilize both prices and production volumes. Previously, laying hen farmers faced the problem of oversupply of eggs in the market during May - June 2022. The Department of Livestock Development and the private sector have always cooperated in solving the problem, including increasing the export quantity of chicken eggs and releasing cages of hens. set As a result, production stability and prices were at an appropriate level of 3.60 baht per bubble on August 17, 2022. Until November 2022, the price began to trend down to 3.40 baht per bubble. As for the current ...