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The Hindu
28-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Namakkal egg price falls to ₹4.50 after three months
After nearly three months, the egg procurement rate in Namakkal has come down to ₹4.50 per egg. Poultry owners said the price of eggs was reduced owing to the festival season in six North Indian States as well as to prevent competition from other States. Namakkal, known as the 'egg city', houses more than 1,600 poultry farms and produces six to seven crores of eggs per day. These eggs are transported to various parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. Eggs are also exported to countries like Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Namakkal eggs are also supplied for the noon meal scheme. Based on production and demand, the price of eggs is fixed by the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) in Namakkal every day. Watch: How Namakkal became 'Egg City' On April 30 this year, the price of an egg was ₹4.50 and after that, it increased, touching ₹5.75 per egg on May 20. The retail market price touched ₹7. After May 20, the price fluctuated between ₹5.30 and ₹5.55, and on June 28, it once again touched ₹5.75. For the past one month, the price of an egg has been between ₹5 and ₹5.55. But last week, the prices began coming down owing to the Sawan festival in North Indian States. On Sunday (July 27), the procurement price of eggs was ₹4.50. Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Egg Poultry Farmers Marketing Society Vangli Subramaniam said the price of eggs was reduced due to the influence of middlemen. 'The supply is good and eggs are moving to other places as usual. We expected a fall of price to the range of 30 and 40 paise, but it dropped drastically. Even though the price was fixed at ₹4.50 per egg, the middlemen and traders bought them only for ₹4.10. Due to this, poultry farmers sustained a loss of ₹1 per egg and overall, farmers sustained a loss between ₹8 to ₹9 crore,' Mr. Vangli added. Tamil Nadu Poultry Farmers Association (TNPFA) president and Namakkal NECC chairman K. Singaraj said that due to Sawan being observed in six States, 30% to 40% egg consumption was reduced, which resulted in the price reduction. This will continue for the next one month. To prevent eggs from coming into the Tamil Nadu market from other States, the price was reduced, Mr. Singaraj added.
Hans India
18-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Lemon farmers hit though sales soar
Nellore: Scarcity of water coupled with frequent failure of monsoons, increasing cost of production and lack of proper Minimum Support Price(MSP) has kept the future of about 4 lakh Nellore lemon farmers hanging in balance. Farmers soar after an approximate 80 per cent loss and planning to give up lemon cultivation. Generally, there is a huge demand for lemon fruits during peak summer from February to July in the district and a 100 Kg lemon bag costs to Rs 1,500 during these months. But the cost has drastically come down to just Rs 1,000 in the Podalakuru lemon market on Tuesday. According to the official sources, lemon cultivation was conducted in water stressed mandals like Podalakur, Papur, Kaluvaya, Dakkili, Balayapalle, Saidapuram, Manubolu, Venkatagiri, Gudur, Balayapalle, Ozili in erstwhile Nellore district. Total area underlines around 30,000 hectors against horticulture crop area 60,000 hectors. The annual production of lime in the district 3.67lakh tonnes. Farmers in lemon cultivation earning the profits between Rs 50,000 to 75,000 per acre comparatively with paddy just Rs 10,000. Earlier, lemon farmers and traders have enjoyed huge profits as the Podalakur, Gudur where lemon Yards witnessed packed farmers bringing the produce performing transactions round the clock. Earlier lemon farmers and traders have enjoyed good profits as the produce was exported to North Indian States like Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay, Tamilnadu through railway wagons from Gudur, Venkatagiri, Vendodu railway stations with at least one wagon load of lemons every day. The price of a lemon costs Rs 10 to 15 in Delhi. After railway authorities stopped lemon transportation, the farmers have no option but to depend upon the lorries to transport the produces which cost triple rent compared with rail transport, said a farmer identified as Pasupuleti Munikishore of Podalakur mandal to Hans India. Lemon cultivation is providing livelyhood to 60,000 to 70,000 farmers in Gudur division, while about 3lakh people directly or indirectly engaged in the lemon trade including labor, wholesale and retail merchants transport operations and packers and others. Even after railway authorities stopped the export operations, not less than 20 lorries transport the lemons from Gudur, Podalakur market yards during peak summer days. Now it is hardly two lorries due to lack demand for lemons in North Indian States for various reasons This kind of situation has indirectly shown negative impact on local market leading the lemon farmers incur huge losses as the traders deny to purchase the produce, said another farmer. While recalling the assurance over development of horticulture cultivation by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu during in recent TDP Mahanadu at YSR Kadapa district, farmers appealed the government to promote lemon- based agro-industries in the district so that lemon farmers would get good price of their produce.
