Increased demand for ethanol in India: Poultry feed becomes expensive in Punjab; egg prices are threatened to rise.

Ludhiana. The ongoing debate over ethanol-blended petrol (EBP) is now impacting the poultry sector in Punjab as well. Poultry farmers say that there has been a sharp increase in the prices of key raw materials used in poultry feed over the past three months. This has increased the cost of egg production, raising concerns about eggs becoming more expensive in the retail market in the coming days. The price of corn has risen from 2,000 to 2