Iran: Loss for farmers in selling livestock, the government needs to prevent the destruction of the livestock industry

In an interview with ISNA, Seyyed Ahmad Moghaddasi in response to the question of whether farmers can easily provide the inputs needed by their livestock or not? He said: "Drought has had a bad effect on livestock inputs and the situation of straw, hay, alfalfa and fodder corn is very bad." This means that both its amount in the market is low and their price is high. He continued: "The government should provide appropriate currency to producers and other companies to allow the import of livestock inputs, including alfalfa and straw, and help prevent the destruction of the livestock industry." Because if it does not reach the food trap, it will be lost. The chairman of the board of directors of the Iranian Cattlemen's Association stated: Barley, corn and soybeans are imported inputs that are mostly given to the dairy and industrial livestock sector with a delay, and rural and farmed livestock have less interest in them. In other words, 20 percent of the inputs required by the ...