Authors : Yilmaz Aral, Pinar Demir, Yavuz Cevger and Erol Aydin
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the factors such as economic crisis, some speculative comments regarding broiler sector (hormone usage, antibiotic residual etc.) and HPAI outbreak upon the prices of chicken meat in Turkey in recent years and to reveal the chicken meat/feed price alterations that occurred in 1994-2006 period. A whole chicken retail prices and broiler feed prices that were obtained from TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) and BESD-BİR (Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association) consist of the material of the study. The current prices were converted into real prices by using the index which was constituted in order to eliminate the impact of the inflation on the price data. In addition to this, seasonal price fluctuations which occurred depending on the consumption demand were examined. As a consequence, it was determined that chicken meat production increased average 13.5% during this period yearly but production level decreased by 10.5% in 2001 and increased only by 1.7 and 2.6% in 2005-2006 years, respectively according to the previous years. Furthermore, it was ascertained that the average current prices of the chicken meat and feed increased by approximately 55 and 53 times, respectively. However, real prices decreased by 30.1 and 32.9% between 1994 and 2006, respectively. In conclusion, it has been thought that socio-economic, psychological and seasonal factors have an important role upon the chicken meat prices as well as supply-demand equilibrium in the market. Within this scope, the applications with reference to seasonal demand, input prices, consumer preferences, animal health and efficient production planning directed to the export of the integrated firms which have been in this sector are very important.
Yilmaz Aral, Pinar Demir, Yavuz Cevger and Erol Aydin, 2010. An Economic Assessment of the Chicken Meat/Feed Price Interactions in Turkish Broiler Sector. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 9: 1366-1369.