Egg price "fire" red August
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Last Update: 2008-11-03
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Introduction: new page 1 experienced the downturn that the egg price was lower than that of cabbage in the early stage Since August, the domestic egg market has gradually "caught fire" like this hot weather, and the egg prices across the country have gone up sharply In August, the market price of eggs in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, showed an upward trend The retail price of eggs in all major markets was 1.89 yuan per 500g, 11.83% higher than that of 1.69 yuan in the same period last month, 185 yuan per 50kg, 12% higher than that of 165 yuan in July Out of the state of continuous downturn in provincial egg market since March In Shandong Province, the price of eggs continued to rise this month In a short period of more than ten days, it has risen from 2 yuan per 500g to 2.4 yuan In the middle of August, the price of eggs in Hefei, Anhui Province went all the way up Among them, the retail price of foreign eggs has climbed to 5.2 yuan / kg, with an average increase of 1 yuan / kg, and that of native eggs has also risen from 8.4 yuan / kg to 9 yuan / kg Yas is in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province Since August 18, the eggs in most of Suguo's chain stores have risen from 2 yuan to 2 yuan and 4 yuan per 500g Before noon, the eggs were sold out The retail price of eggs in the major agricultural markets has also increased from 2.3 yuan per 500g to 2.8 yuan Some small supermarkets and grain and oil stores have been out of eggs for two or three days In Beijing, Shanghai and other large and medium-sized cities, the price of eggs also rose to varying degrees The rising price of eggs is mainly caused by the continuous "high temperature" weather in China Since the end of 7, most parts of the country have been in high temperature and heat The hot weather has made the laying rate of hens drop, the mortality rate of laying hens is high, the egg output and market volume have decreased, and the supply has decreased, which has driven the egg price up Therefore, the increase of egg price is mainly due to the decrease of hen death and egg laying caused by high temperature in summer, which leads to the off-season of egg laying According to reports, the current high price may continue for some time As the weather gets cooler after autumn, the price of eggs may drop In addition, the increase of egg price is also affected by the following factors: on the one hand, the feed cost of chickens in China has increased this year Affected by the massive reduction of corn production last year, the price of chicken feed has increased this year, and the cost of chicken raising has increased accordingly In recent years, due to the large number of imported soybean cargo ships in China, the soybean supply is tight, resulting in a sharp increase in domestic soybean meal prices Compared with the beginning of August, the increase is generally 20-100 yuan / ton Soybean meal is an important raw material in feed The high price of soybean meal has increased feed cost by more than 20 yuan / ton and egg production cost by a large margin On the other hand, during the period of SARS in May and June, due to the sharp decrease of demand, part of hens were eliminated in the breeding industry, and its negative impact has also appeared in the near future These factors also contributed to the increase of egg price to some extent This is the normal return of egg price According to experts, the recent price increase belongs to the normal return of egg price According to the relevant information of the Ministry of agriculture, the price of eggs began to turn into a downturn after the Spring Festival this year The main reasons for the overall decline of egg prices in the first half of the year are: (1) the growing scale of egg breeding and egg production have led to the overall oversupply of the market; (2) the "SARS" in May and June has been fatal to the egg market, resulting in a large reduction in both domestic demand and export sales of eggs Recently, the seasonal factors have affected the egg production, and the egg price has returned to the equilibrium It is expected that the price of eggs will drop after the high temperature weather eases for some time On the other hand, China is about to face the Mid Autumn Festival and the national day In terms of demand, the food processing industries such as moon cakes and pastries will purchase a large number of them, and the demand for fresh eggs will increase accordingly, which also supports the rise of egg prices to some extent YAs
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