Published 18 Oct,2020 via The Nation - Producers still are battling shortage of maize to meet feed requirements, the President, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Ezekiel Ibrahim has said.
He made this known in a chat with The Nation, explained that although new maize has arrived the market, but that they were not good for feed because of large water content.
During the lockdown, scarce supplies and high prices on feed market affected thousands of poultry farmers as the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for farmers to go to their farms and for millers to be able to distribute enough feed among poultry farms at a guaranteed price.
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Daniel Essiet