In the second half of September, prices for chicken eggs soared, and as Svitlana Lytvyn, an analyst of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, notes, as of September 29, 2022, prices were 17% higher than a year ago.
Egg prices have a pronounced seasonality, because almost 50% of the production structure is made up of households. Due to the decrease in temperature and the shortening of the daylight hours, the offer from farms decreases, and the price of eggs starts to rise.
But, at the present time, due to the occupation of Kherson region, where one of the largest poultry factories of Ukraine, «Chornobaiv Poultry Factory» is located, and other regions in the east of Ukraine, where 17% of egg production is concentrated, industrial production has significantly decreased.
Also, an important factor in the increase in prices is the increase in the cost price under conditions of war and disruption of the technological chain of poultry farming. With the beginning of the Russian invasion, many enterprises suspended incubation processes, and because of this, the population of laying hens temporarily decreased.
According to experts, a gradual decrease in prices and stabilization is expected next year.
Source: agrotrend.com.ua
