AMMAN —
President of the Cooperative Society for Cattle Owners and Milk Producers Laith
Al-Hajj said Saturday that feed prices have skyrocketed in the last three
months, calling for the
government’s intervention to save the sector, reported
Al–Mamlaka TV.
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During a press
meeting held by the society Saturday to explain the repercussions of rising
fodder prices globally and locally, Hajj said that “without everyone joining
forces and without government intervention, the sector will be gone with the
wind in a matter of few months”.
During the meeting,
he explained the reasons for raising the
price of fresh milk as a result of
this to halt the “significant losses” suffered by the sector’s businesses.
The cow breeders’
associations have previously set the price of one kilogram of fresh milk on all
factories, dairy producers, cheeses and farms at 550 fils per kilogram, up from
480 fils per kilogram, due to the “unprecedented” rise in production inputs.
Hajj explained that corn
and soy prices have risen significantly and constitute a major component of
fodder, adding that the price of a ton of corn was JD170, and now stands at
JD355, while the price of a ton of soy used to be JD295, and currently stands
at JD580. He pointed out that 95 percent of the feed in Jordan is imported, and
the rest is locally produced.
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