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The Poultry Committee
The year under review saw an increase in poultry production. The
increase in poultry production continued to be influenced by
continued improvement in the efficiency in the industry as well as
the high demand for the commodity by the expansion of fast food
outlets. Also this was achieved despite the passing of Hurricane
Dean and heavy rainfalls during the months of October and
November which lasted for approximately six weeks and exceeded
normal rainfall levels in some parishes.
Feed prices increased significantly during the year due to increase
demand world wide for corn & soya bean which are the major raw
materials used to manufacture poultry feed . This increase is also
pushed due to the demand for ethanol which is also produced from
corn and soya.
Poultry Meat Production recorded 106,580,324 kilograms in 2007,
representing a 3.1 percent growth when compared to the 104,012,496
kilograms produced in 2006.

Eggs
The Egg Industry underwent a 26.8 percent
reduction during the year. This is due mainly to
the passing of Hurricane Dean and torrential
rainfall from October to November. This affected
the egg farmers severely, resulting in a number of
farmers going out of business, in particular, the
small farmers.
The Association through its Poultry Committee continued the lobby efforts
for continuous monitoring of legal and illegal importation of eggs. The
Poultry Committee maintained the ongoing advertising campaign to
increase per capita consumption of eggs.
Egg production for the year was 114.9 million, when compared to 156.99
million eggs produced in 2006.

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