The farmer abandoned grain production to raise chickens for eggs.

The difficulties in grain production, due to drought, competition, and low prices, have prompted the well-known Romanian farmer from Mehedinti, Cornel Stroescu. Now he is investing in raising chickens because he believes in the potential of the egg trading business, reports Agrointel. Avian flu outbreak in Germany reaches dramatic levels: 400,000 birds destroyed The market demand is extremely high and at the moment I can barely deliver everything agreed upon at the local level with a commercial chain. I plan to open three more farms in the region and utilize the manure generated from poultry waste, adds Cornel. He already has the land for the new farms. While grain production is taking a back seat, the farmer is implementing a 9 million euro project to expand and modernize an existing chicken farm. The project is planned to be completed by September 1, 2026. The investment is financed under Law 227 (40% national funds and 60% bank loan), without European funds, and meets the ...