Prices of pork, chicken meat and eggs have fallen continuously following the Tet holiday, while input material prices, especially animal feed prices, still continue rising, causing huge losses among husbandry farmers in Hanoi City. Tran Van Chien, leader of Co Dong Cooperative in Hanoi’s Son Tay District, recorded a free fall in poultry prices at his cooperative in recent times, causing heavy losses... 

CAN THO – After rising for a couple of weeks, the price of live pigs in the Mekong Delta and the southeastern region have sharply fallen although the Lunar New Year holiday as the high season of food consumption has 10 days to go. Speaking with the Daily, Nguyen Tri Cong, chairman of the Dong Nai Livestock Association, said live pig prices in Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces over the past three... 

The Husbandry Department has warned of a danger of meat shortage at the end of this year as many farmers in the country have given up livestock husbandry due to low demand and widespread diseases. Nguyen Thanh Son, deputy head of the Husbandry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture Development, said the husbandry sector is facing many challenges as meat prices have tumbled due... 

From Monday all kinds of pork enlisted in the price stabilization program in HCMC will be cut by VND1,000-3,000 a kilo, while garden chicken prices in the same program will be increased by VND4,000 per kilo. The price adjustments were the result of a meeting between representatives of related companies and the city’s Department of Finance last Friday. As such, corporate participants in the price... 

Since the use of pig weight gain substances was detected at several farms, live pig prices in the Mekong Delta have plunged deeply, sending farmers into a tailspin. Pig prices in Tien Giang, Long An, Vinh Long and Dong Thap have continued the downward spiral for almost a half month. Traders are buying lean pigs at VND43-43.5 million a ton, and those with more fat at VND40-41 million, dropping VND4-6... 

Live pig prices in some southern provinces now stand at VND42,000-44,000 per kilo, a sharp fall from VND52,000 a kilo just a few weeks ago, causing severe losses to farmers. The live pig is now sold at VND46,000-48,000 a kilo in An Giang and VND45,000-46,000 in Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta, dropping VND4,000-5,000 per kilo against early this month. Meanwhile, in Dong Nai, the province with the nation’s... 

The consumption of pork has been slowing down, forcing food processors and retailers to offer discounts to reverse slackened sales. HCMC-based meat processor Vissan is giving customers 10% discounts on pork products until March 15 at Vissan, Co.opMart, Vinatext and Maximark and Co.op Food stores in HCMC. Co.opMart and Co.op Food stores, which are owned by Saigon Co.op, is joining hands with Vissan... 

The Government finally had to allow importing meat in order to stabilize the domestic market and prevent the prices from escalating. However, farmers complained that the decision has pushed them against the wall. The decision to allow importing meat has been applauded by Vietnamese consumers, because they can buy food at lower prices. However, farmers do not feel happy at all, because the meat prices... 

An unsatisfied demand for some agriculture foodstuffs was the main reason for increased prices, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat. He told a meeting on Tuesday to discuss methods of stabil-ising food prices that domestic demand had reached a peak while supply was still low. Imports of many types of agricultural food had also fallen. Prices of some agriculture foodstuff... 

On Thursday enterprises joining HCMC’s price stabilization program will be able to increase prices of some meat products including pork, chicken, and duck by VND4,000-9,000 a kilo, said the city’s Finance Department. Pork prices will rise to VND84,000-89,000 a kilo and chicken VND45,000-63,000 per kilo while duck prices rise to VND64,000 a kilo. The enterprises will also add more pork products...