Persistent cold hits poultry farms hard in Bangladesh

Published 2024년 1월 27일

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Prolonged cold weather in Bangladesh has led to the suspension of operations at approximately 20,000 small poultry farms, potentially leading to a rise in poultry bird prices. The cold weather, which has seen temperatures drop to a yearly low of 5.8C, is detrimental to poultry chick brooding, which requires temperatures between 33C and 34C. This could result in the price of a kilogram of poultry bird increasing from Tk 200 to Tk 250 next month. The cold weather has also impacted agricultural crop cultivation and forced school closures in areas where temperatures fall below 10C. However, the weather has improved recently with no reported disruptions or flight diversions.

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Intense cold weather persisting for weeks has caused about 20,000 small poultry farms to suspend their operations, making an increase in poultry bird prices inevitable, poultry businessmen fear.Bangladesh saw its minimum temperature drop to 5.8C in Tetulia on Friday, the lowest temperature recorded this year, with a cold wave sweeping Rangpur, Rajshahi divisions, and the district of Chuadanga.The cold wave might spread today.The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that the temperature might slightly increase after January 28 as the three-month-long winter season enters its last month.The first winter month this year, December, was rather warm, but January brought intense cold as temperatures steeply fluctuated in phases, accompanied by chilling wind and dense fog.‘Small poultry farms suspend their operations every winter because of their inability to maintain a certain temperature in their farms,’ said Shubash Chandra Das, who teaches poultry science at Bangladesh ...

Source: Newagebd