Commodity Prices at Market level
In the month of April the commodity prices have been showing an upward trend. The prices of Peal Millet (Bajra) have shown an unprecedented increase in some varieties. Bold variety which was reported at $126 per Mt on April 06, 2004 was trading at $160 per Mt on April 15. Similarly the prices of local variety increased from $107 per MT to $119 per MT at the Market yard.
Barley prices are also higher even though the stocks are arriving steadily in the markets. The local variety which was traded at $115 per MT at the start of the month was traded at $134 per MT in mid month.
Corn prices are also high. For Deshi (Red), the variety grown the parts of North India, Rajasthan, UP and some parts of Maharashtra the prices have jumped from $132 per MT to $151 per MT. The yellow variety that was traded at $138 per Mt at the start of the month was reported to be trading at $141 per MT at the market yards.
The US prices are stable and CBOT closed at $2.09 per bushel ($82.55 per MT) for May delivery. With more supplies available the prices are likely to stay low. The freight prices on the other hand are higher than normal, but as China stops buying more steel, freight costs might ease a little.
Awareness Campaign by Municipal Corporation of Delhi
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi in collaboration with U S Grains Council organized a Poultry Meat Inspection Awareness Camp on Thursday, April 21, 2005 for its veterinary officers. The awareness camp was done primarily to refresh the memory of the officers who will be responsible to check illegal slaughter of birds in the city of Delhi.
The Veterinary Department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi through its office order dated Nov 22, 2004 has given out the guidelines for meat shops which effectively also bans live bird sales and slaughter of birds in the MCD zones.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is building a new slaughter facility on a 6.04 acre plot close to the UP border for large animals and small animals. It is estimated that the facility will be ready by March 2006.
In order to make the inspectors with GOI and private sector poultry processing plants aware about food safety, HACCP systems and poultry meat inspection requirements, the council will be providing related information to the stakeholders at a Poultry Meat Training Course from April 24 -29, 2005 at Bombay. The course is being held in collaboration with Bombay Veterinary College, Bombay.
Novel Project in Morocco
The U S Grains Council has been involved in a novel project in Morocco with COPAG, a dairy co-operative. The project is one of its kind and will be conditioning the heifers on a contract basis for the farmers.
The dairy industry in Morocco is unorganized with average herd size of 2 – 5 animals. The farmers cannot increase the herd size as they have to take care of the heifers for their own self. As in India, heifers cost more if conditioned at own locations; farmers can purchase cows at a much cheaper rate.
Under this project, the farmers will be able to send their heifers on Day 03 to the facility (either on contract or sell), where in these animals will be taken care in lots. The current capacity of the feed lot is 5000 heads, which also includes fattening of bulls also.
The contract systems make available more cash to the farmer to increase the milking herd, which is more profitable. The facility aims to provide pregnant animals back into the system. Weigh gain target for females is 600 gm/day, while for males 1100 gm/day. It is projected that the animals from this facility will give birth at 22 months of age.
Amit Sachdev
Representative
U S Grains Council, India
bluecross303@gmail.com
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