Poultry farmers denounce the oversupply of chicken in Bolivia

Page Seven/La Paz The price of chicken falls and poultry producers in Santa Cruz denounced that there is an oversupply, so they ask for the free importation of corn for six months to meet market demand. Broiler producers decided to give away the animals raised because they produce at a loss. A group installed in the Plaza 24 de Septiembre, in Santa Cruz, chanted a fair price, a fair price for corn. The president of the National Federation of Poultry Farmers, Winston Ortiz, reported that Bolivia needs only 17.2 million chickens per month to meet 100% of consumption nationwide. However, the incubators in Santa Cruz produce 22 to 23 million chickens per month and that means an overproduction of five million chickens and this makes the price for the housewife fall and the medium and small producer lose, he said. . According to Ortiz, those that are producing the imbalance and causing damage to the great mass of poultry farmers in the country are two to three incubators in Santa Cruz. ...