Monday, January 9, 2012

As temperature falls, prices of poultry products go high

ISLAMABAD: While the prices of farm products have slightly eased after the first winter rain, the following cold wave has caused a surge in the prices of poultry products. As a result of rain and cloudy weather in the region for the past two days and the temperature dropping two degrees below the Celsius in the federal capital, the demand for chicken and eggs has surged significantly. The farm eggs have already reached their highest level of last year which was Rs116 a dozen, and the distributors have started indicating the short supply due to heavy demand. “The eggs have already attained last year’s highest price level and the real cold is starting now,” said Mohammad Usman, a bakery owner in Rawalpindi. He said that...