The price of chicken and egg goes up. Who is responsible for the rise in the price of pork?

These two days you go to the farmer's market, you will find that chicken, egg prices have gone up. In the past, the price increase of eggs in midsummer season was due to the poor appetite of hens and the reduction of egg production on high temperature days. However, this year's egg price increase has nothing to do with high temperature days, but the "disaster" caused by the price increase of pork.

Is the price of pork related to eggs? A lot of people must be confused.

Three yellow chicken wholesale price

More than 40% in a month

Yesterday morning, Qianjiang Evening News reporter came to Zhejiang Zhonghe Farmers Market. "Raising this chicken costs 25 yuan per catty, up 5 yuan per catty from a month ago." said the proprietress of the poultry stall. At the egg stall next door, the retail price of the most common eggs has been sold to 6 yuan a catty, while half a month ago, the retail price of eggs in Hangzhou's major farmers 'markets was only about 5 yuan a catty.

At the corner pork stall, streaky pork is now selling for 17 yuan a catty. "A month ago, it was only 13 yuan to 14 yuan a catty. After all, most of them are old customers. If it's too expensive, fewer people will buy it and it'll be even harder to make money." The lady boss complained.

Xinhua Road Farmers Market, a poultry stall owner introduced that chicken prices have risen 20%-30% since last month. The chicken with medium price now sells 15 yuan a catty, last month is 12 yuan-13 yuan a catty. Three yellow chicken rose the biggest,"the cheapest time as long as 3 yuan more than a catty, now has risen to 7 yuan a catty." The boss said.

In Pingfeng Street Farmers 'Market, a poultry chain store owner surnamed Zeng complained that because chain stores could not raise prices at will, and the purchase price of broilers rose by about two yuan a catty, the impact on business was not small, especially the three yellow chickens had no profit.

Quzhou City Qujiang District Sanyuan pig professional cooperative director Zhang Hongliang told Qianjiang Evening News reporter, At present their cooperative wholesale price is 9.6 yuan a catty. "At the beginning of August, the most expensive price rose to 10.1 yuan a catty, but now it has basically stabilized." In late June, the purchase price of pigs was only about 7 yuan a catty. That is to say, in just two months, the purchase price of pigs rose 37%, up 44% at most.

The reporter learned from Hangzhou East China Poultry Trading Center that the wholesale price of poultry has also risen rapidly recently. "A month ago, the wholesale price of three yellow chickens in our market was only 4.5 yuan a catty, and now it has risen to 6.5 yuan a catty, up 44%." Native chicken last year as long as eight or nine yuan a catty, now is 13 yuan to 14 yuan a catty, farmers market will sell more than 20 yuan a catty. The wholesale price of autumn ducks has also risen from 6.5 yuan a catty a month ago to 7.3 yuan a catty now." Gao Tianrong, chairman of the center, said.

Eat chicken instead of pork

Driving chicken prices up

Analyzing the reasons for the price increase of poultry, Gao Tianrong believes that there are two main points: one is that pork has risen too sharply recently, many people have switched to eating poultry, and prices have risen; and since last year, poultry has been banned in many places, and the supply has to be transferred from other places, so the cost is high.

"There are fewer chickens in Jiande. We estimate that the proportion of Jiande eggs in the Hangzhou market is only about 5%." Hangzhou egg industry association president Qian Minghuo told reporters. A year or two ago, Jiande eggs accounted for about 20%.

However, Qian Minghuo believes that the recent price increase of broilers and eggs is mainly driven by the price increase of pork. "The eliminated chickens in the laying hens (refer to the hens that have passed the peak of egg production), the market in the past few years is 4 yuan to 5 yuan a catty, when encountering avian influenza, 2 yuan a catty can not be sold." At the end of May and the beginning of June this year, it was only 4.5 yuan a catty, but since August, the price has been rising. Last week, it has risen to 6.5 yuan a catty, which has not been seen in recent years."

Because the eliminated chicken market is bullish, and the egg price has been losing money before, many chicken farmers will eliminate the laying hens ahead of time. It is understood that on July 9, Jiande egg purchase price is only 3.5 yuan a catty, to the end of July early August rose to 4 yuan to 4.1 yuan a catty, just enough to protect the capital, slightly profitable. "From February to July this year, the average price of eggs nationwide was 3.6 yuan, which has been losing money." Qian Minghuo said,"After the general laying hens are 16 months old, the egg production has dropped significantly, and they have become eliminated chickens." Some time ago, in order to reduce losses, many chicken farmers even sold 13 to 14-month-old laying hens."

According to Qian Minghuo's estimate, the number of laying hens nationwide has decreased by 100 million to 150 million in the recent month. Although the price of eggs has risen greatly, yesterday Jiande egg purchase price reached 5 yuan a catty, there has been a profit of about 1 yuan, but the reduction of laying hens has become a fact. "I estimate that the current chicken price and egg price will last for about two months." Qian Minghuo thought.