Chicken, egg subsidies extended until December 2022

PUTRAJAYA: The subsidies for chicken breeders and chicken egg producers have been extended from October until December this year, at a rate of RM0.80 per kilogramme for chickens and eight sen per egg, says Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.

The Agriculture and Food Industries Minister said the decision was made at the Cabinet meeting on Friday (Oct 7) to ease the burden of poultry breeders, following rising production costs, especially chicken feed, which accounts for 70% of operating costs apart from the costs of day-old chicks, logistics, workers, utilities and medicine.