Egg prices continued to fall for a ten year low: cheaper than steamed bread.
Chinese business newspaper reporter Huang Tao Wang Jing
egg price reduction is still difficult to sell, eggs are cheaper than steamed bread, egg period goods fall stop... Since last November, the price of "rocket eggs" that had been expensive has been reduced, and in recent years it has hit a new low of ten years, making many farmers miserable. Recently, a reporter from the China Daily reported that the price of ordinary eggs in many supermarkets and vegetable markets in Xi'an has entered the "2 Yuan era". Experts analyzed the main reason why supply exceeds demand. Secondly, avian influenza was found in some areas of the country recently, affecting egg consumption. The industry suggested that the use of big data, futures and other means, through market oriented, to help farmers avoid market risks.
egg prices fell continuously
wholesale price of ordinary eggs to less than 1 yuan,
5 month 11 afternoon sun dazzling, hot weather. A woman is promoting eggs in a supermarket near Xingqing Road, Xi'an. "We are good at this egg. Buy one box for one box." Chinese business reporter noted that the eggs she recommended were not ordinary eggs, but native eggs. There are more kinds of eggs here, ranging from 13 yuan, 19 yuan to 35 yuan, and different places, brands and specifications are different in price.
"egg 2.38 yuan / Jin", in a fruit and vegetable supermarket near Jinhua Road, Xi'an, the Chinese Business Daily reporter saw such a word. There are bulk and box eggs in the egg sale area. In a small department store near the South Second Ring Road, the egg is $1, a gift box is 45 yuan, and there are several boxes of eggs ranging from 60 to 80 yuan. The price of eggs is really too low recently, the staff said.
in a vegetable market near Xi'an auspicious Village, the Chinese Business Daily reporter saw that the price of the egg was 14 yuan / bag and 15 eggs in a bag. Asked about the recent sale of eggs good, the local accent woman stall said: "no impact, some people say dare not eat, actually nothing, eggs, chicken I eat."
in the Western Xinqiao market near West Third Ring Road, some merchants are laying eggs. A businessman Mr. Wang said that the wholesale price of ordinary eggs at present is 1 yuan to 2 yuan per catty, and the varieties, specifications and prices are different.
the spot price of eggs has declined, and the futures market has also weakened. In May 8th, the main egg contract was also sealed on the limit board. Commodities fell more or less in May 9th, and most of the agricultural products weakened, and eggs continued to fall.
the National Bureau of Statistics recently released price data in April showed that egg prices hit a new low of nearly ten years. The Department of agriculture data showed that the eighteenth week of 2017 (May 1, 2017 -7 day), egg week average per kilogram of 5.18 yuan, the loop ratio of 0.8%, 28% lower than the same period, the market reflects the current supply of eggs is still loose, after the temperature rises, the farm will face greater sales pressure, although the egg price has been at the lower level in nearly ten years, but production capacity elimination The speed is slow, and the late egg price still has downward pressure.
CITIC investment advisor Sun Jiaxin to the Chinese business newspaper reporter analysis, egg fall is mainly related to supply, the demand is relatively stable, while the supply of egg chicken and eggs is large.
there is a backlog of more than 30000 soil eggs
selling not afraid of deterioration
not only wholesale, retail market practitioners feel that the price of eggs is cheap, farmers also reflect the price of eggs sold.
50, a multi year old Wang Jinmin, is a soil egg farmer in the Weicheng District of Xianyang. About three years ago, the eggs were raised. There were 5 mu of land in the farm. At present, there were more than 1000 laying hens. From the beginning to now, there were 8. 9 million yuan.
"after the Spring Festival this year, the egg production has increased with the increase of temperature, but the demand has not kept up. The egg market has not been very good." Wang Jinmin said that after the Spring Festival, all the way down and recently encountered an epidemic, eggs were hard to sell. Before the market is good, his egg wholesale price is 30 yuan a plate (a plate of 30 eggs), now the wholesale price has fallen to 15 yuan a plate, fell to the same as the cage chicken egg price, but still can not sell out.
even if 15 yuan was sold in one pan, Wang Jinmin said he was still losing money. A cage chicken raises an egg every day. The average cost of raising an egg is about three or four eggs a day. His farm to feed the chicken corn, bran, only corn to eat three hundred or four hundred jin a day, and then to the chicken disease prevention and disinfection costs, and 6 workers in the farm labor costs, the total input of at least 1000 yuan a day, luckily the land is not the cost of their own. Though the eggs are not sold, the chickens have to feed and the workers have to pay. "If the chickens starve to death, I will lose even more."
Wang Jinmin to the Chinese business newspaper reporter, avian influenza in March and April is the epidemic period, large farms in advance will do a good job of epidemic prevention, in previous years, people infected with avian influenza cases in the field, the local egg sales have little impact, but this year the first case of infection in Xianyang, the farmers have a certain impact . Since May, his eggs have not been sold, most of them are pressed in the warehouse, and now they have been pressed for 11 days, and they have accumulated thousands of eggs. In recent days, the eggs under the chicken have not been collected, so they are put away. "They can't sell them, but they die." Now the summer is coming and the temperature is rising. What do we do when the eggs keep pressing? Wang Jinmin reluctantly said that the eggs that had been collected would not be sold in 20 days, and could only be poured out if they went bad.
the 80's after the early last year in Zhashui's old home in the hometown of egg farms, in their own home, there are more than 300 chickens, usually by their parents, she in the WeChat circle of friends to sell eggs and arrange delivery. She told the Chinese business newspaper reporters that the epidemic has a certain impact on the sales of eggs, but the old customers in the circle of friends will find her to buy eggs. At present, she sells eggs for about 1.5 yuan.