N7N9 bird flu makes poultry farming in crisis

After the emergence of bird flu, in order to prevent the spread of the virus, Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities suspended the live poultry trade. Some analysts said that this measure will have a certain impact on the poultry industry.

Chicken prices began to fall in the market, and a stall owner selling frozen chickens said that sales have dropped significantly. "The two days of business are very bleak, and the purchases have also been reduced."

In addition, the data shows that the price of chickens in Shandong has dropped from 1.6 yuan to 2 yuan/feature on March 30, down to the current 0.2 yuan to 0.8 yuan/feather.

A meat chicken analyst said that chickens cost an average of 2 yuan/feather. Affected by last year's broiler breeding market, many companies have poor sales of chickens themselves and are currently in a recovery period. Companies also face the risk of prices falling to the bottom.

In fact, from the beginning of last year, the entire chicken industry has been continuously impacted. Since the better prices of chicken breeding in the previous year continued to increase, the broiler chicken breeding scale in China continued to expand, resulting in last year's broiler chickens exceeding supply, prices falling, and feed prices rising. At the same time, they encountered the “fast-breaking chicken” turmoil, and many companies were at a loss. status.

The above analysts said that the bird flu incident may cause the aquaculture companies to bear the brunt of the impact and may have a certain impact on the aquaculture companies. According to published announcements, net profit of Yisheng, Minhe, Shengnong Development and Huaying Agriculture decreased by 95.23%, 144.02%, 99.43% and 94.95% respectively year-on-year.

Not only that, the impact of the bird flu epidemic on the breeding volume of aquaculture companies has hit the demand for feed. With the continuous development of the epidemic, the spot price of domestic soybean meal fell under pressure. Li Bing, a soybean meal analyst at the Agriculture and Forestry Branch of the Business Club, said that the price of soybean meal was 3,999 yuan/ton before the Qingming Festival, and yesterday the price was 3,925 yuan/ton.

The rising demand for fish has pushed up prices. “As the outbreak of bird flu in China has taken place, the direction of consumer demand has changed, and the demand for poultry, pork, eggs and other products has gradually declined. The interests of farmers have been damaged and the demand for soybean meal has fallen.” Li Bing told “ "Daily Economic News" reporter, "the market outlook South American soybeans have come to Hong Kong one after another, the bird flu epidemic has not yet been clear, multiple overburden factors are superimposed, soybean meal prices are weak, or will continue to decline."

In the vegetable market, although the consumption of poultry was greatly reduced, there was a long line of aquaculture stalls on the other side. The reporter visited a number of fisheries stores and learned that a variety of aquatic products prices have recently risen significantly, shrimp and crab rose between 20% to 30%.

“The sales volume in recent days is obviously better than before, although the price is a little higher.” A shopkeeper who runs aquatic products told reporters, “And now it happens that when you eat fish, your consumption will be more, and bird flu may allow Consumers tend to eat fish and increase their consumption of fish. Therefore, they plan to purchase more goods in the near future."

Some analysts stated that the early aquatic market was relatively weak, and this time the market had a certain increase in the aquatic product market, and after the Ching Ming period, it was the peak period of fishery investment, which would also increase the confidence of the aquaculture farmers.

In the stock market, the aquaculture industry and fisheries appeared to be divided yesterday. Listed companies of aquaculture companies plunged, but aquaculture stocks rose.