The price of eggs has attracted the attention of consumers, what is the current egg market?
At Beijing's Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, merchant Mao Yachi is packing eggs for sale. She told reporters that egg prices have shown a volatile downward trend since October last year. In April, the decline in egg prices slowed down, but it still maintained a low level.
Mao Yachi, a merchant in Beijing Xinfadi Market: More than 3.6 yuan a catty, and now the price of eggs is low.
According to reports, the recent decline in egg prices, one is stimulated by the continuous high price of eggs in the past three years on the production side, the expansion of large-scale chicken farms has accelerated, especially a number of modern large-scale chicken farms are rising rapidly, these chicken farms have high inventory, less labor, and high production capacity, resulting in more market supply; In addition, the current decline in the price of raw materials such as corn and soybean meal provides support for the downward trend of egg prices.
Liu Hongjie, a merchant in Beijing Xinfadi Market: The cost of feed is relatively low, and there are more large households than before, and now it is the peak of egg production.
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the national wholesale price of eggs in April was 8.2 yuan per kilogram, down 3.64% from the previous month.
Zhu Ning, associate researcher of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences: In the later period, the number of new laying hens in the country increased, and the number of laying hens in the country increased steadily.
Source: CCTV Financial Editor: Hang Qi Editor: Lai Ting Review: Lu Hongmei
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