Thailand: Farmers are being squeezed with high production costs

Published Feb 18, 2023

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Thai livestock farmers are facing rising production costs due to high prices of animal feed raw materials such as corn and soybean meal, exacerbated by government policies. The high costs are not matched by selling prices, putting pressure on farmers. The Association for the Promotion of Chicken Farming in Thailand and the Federation of Livestock and Aquaculture have called on the government to address these issues. The Federation suggests free importation of corn and removing a 2% import duty on soybean meal to lower production costs. They also recommend allowing the selling price of meat products to follow the market mechanism to help farmers.

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Not long after, Dr. Chaweewan Khampha, the Association for the Promotion of Chicken Farming in Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King gave an interview through the media that The cost of raising chickens increases all around. may not be able to carry on If the state does not change the price of raw materials, animal feed - electricity cost - wages. The Association of Broiler Weerapong Panjawatanakul said in the same direction that The government should help take care of the price of raw materials for animal feed. I want to be sympathetic to the chicken farmer too. Not taking care of only farmers who grow crops, raw materials for animal feed, while Ampol Sanna, a duck egg farmer in Khon Kaen province, confirmed that the Russian-Ukrainian war making raw materials to produce animal feed more expensive And in the past, the government has increased the cost of electricity. As a result, the price of animal feed increases and tends to continue to rise. impact on the ...

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