Huge Challenges for Sri Lankan Industry
SRI LANKA - Poultry meat consumption is falling, and leading poultry company, Three Acre Farms has posted a loss of 170 million rupees.

Sri Lankan Farmers Call for Fair Prices
SRI LANKA - Poultry farmers have asked the government to set product prices that take account of recent rises in the costs of feed and medications.

Industry Hit by Production Cost Rises
SRI LANKA - The poultry industry is suffering with the high price of imported feed ingredients and consumption has dropped. With many neighbouring countries hit by bird flu, a surveillance program has been set up to monitor wild birds for the...

Sri Lankan Industry Hit by India's Maize Export Ban
SRI LANKA - After India banned maize exports, the Sri Lankan poultry industry was faced with a crisis, reported the All Island Poultry Association (AIPA). AIPA Chairman, Dr D.D. Wanasinghe, predicted that if the authorities fail to come up with a solution...

Poultry Industry Faces Crisis
SRI LANKA - The government’s delay in increasing the maximum selling price of chicken has cut poultry industry output.

Maize Prices Hinder Sri Lankan Poultry
SRI LANKA - The Sri Lankan Poultry Farm Owners’ Association has requested that the government provide relief by relaxing the restrictions on the import of maize.

New Wing
SRI LANKA - Poultry breeder Three Acre Farms Limited (TAFL) plans to relocate some of its operations to a facility, which is being fitted with modern farming equipment and infrastructure, the company said.

Sri Lankan Poultry Firm Defiant in Face of Court Order
SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan poultry firm Bairaha Farms has said its chicken sales will not be affected by a court order that suspended production at its slaughter house as it has enough stocks, reports a recent news story.

Sri Lanka: Rice Banned as Animal Feed
SRI LANKA - The Sr Lankan government have taken steps to ban the production, storage and distribution of rice-based animal feed, Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Bandula Gunawardena reported this week.

The First Ever ‘Sri Lanka Poultry Show’
COLOMBO - The first ever Poultry Show – Sri Lanka Poultry Show 2007 will be held on 22nd and 23rd October at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conventional Centre (SLECC) Colombo under the auspicious of the World Poultry Science Association, Sri Lanka Branch...

Poultry Meat Duty, Import Ban Has Turned The Tide
SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka's Bairaha group says better demand and the duty on imported meat helped turn a mid year 10 million rupee loss to a 5.5 million profit at the end of the year.

New Representative For Pas Reform in Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA - Pas Reform’s unprecedented international expansion continues in Sri Lanka, with the appointment of Mr. Palitha Balasuriya of BAP Agri (Pvt) ltd. as the leading Dutch hatchery technology supplier’s country representative.

Poultry Industry Mulls Price Increase
SRI LANKA - The poultry industry is looking for a price increase next month due to high production costs.

Small scale poultry farmers likely to be hit by price control
SRI LANKA - The All Island Poultry Association (AIPA) says price control in poultry will affect the small scale poultry farmers who represent 60 percent of the industry.

Rising egg prices, poultry meat hits Sri Lankan industry
SRI LANKA - Workers entering Colombo buy their requirements of eggs at Rs 8 each, offsetting the rising cost of this consumer perishable, which retails at Rs 9 each in the outstations, where the factor of supply drops.

Fortune chooses Smart for new GPS venture in Sri Lanka
THE NETHERLANDS - Fortune GP Farms, the new LKR 100 million venture recently launched by leading Sri Lankan integrators Bairaha Farms Ltd (BFL) and Midland Breeders in partnership with Hybro B.V. of the Netherlands, has selected Smart hatchery technology...