Ahead of Malbok, the price of 1 kg of broiler is close to 6,000 won in South Korea

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South Korea

Published Aug 2, 2021

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Eun-ji = Ahead of Malbok (August 10), the retail price of broilers reached the highest in two years and six months. This is because the broiler deaths have increased due to the prolonged heatwave. Prices of vegetables and fruits, which are consumed in summer, are also rising sharply. According to the Livestock Distribution Information of the Livestock Quality Assessment Service on the 1st, the retail price of broilers on the 30th of last month was 5,991 won per kg, the most expensive in about two years and six months since the 5,992 won on January 28, 2019. The price is higher than when the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was on the rise at the end of last year and early this year. By month of this year, the retail price of 1 kg of broiler peaked at 5,760 won in February and then dropped to 5,309 won in June, but it rebounded and reached 6,000 won this month. The recent rise in broiler prices is due to the large increase in the number of livestock killed due to the heat wave. In particular, the number of broilers that died until the 29th of last month was 189,651, accounting for 65.1% of the total dead animals.

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Compared to the number of broilers killed in 2018 (6292,528) when the worst heat wave occurred, it is only 3.0%, but due to the prolonged novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the price is due to overlapping seasonal factors in the situation where there is already a lot of demand for home food. This is a rapidly rising trend. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in cooperation with local governments and livestock cooperatives, will check the heatwave preparedness such as the installation and operation of air conditioners for livestock farms vulnerable to heatwaves. am. In the summer, the prices of vegetables and fruits continue to soar. According to the agricultural distribution information of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT), the average retail price of green lettuce products as of the 30th of last month was 1,572 won per 100g, up 45.3% from 1,82 won a month ago. In Seoul, it was reported that some large retailers sell 100g of green ...

Source: Yna