Feed High Prices
Shoot up Food in El
Salvador
The rise in prices of
the yellow corn-based
food for birds caused
chicken and eggs prices
to rise, Salvadorian
Commissioner for
Agriculture and
Livestock Carmen Elena
Diaz confirmed Tuesday.
According to different
sources, the price of a
carton o eggs has
increased in four
dollars on average, and
a chicken pound in 0, 25
cents.
Businessmen began to
express their worry,
since their falls in
sales.
The raw material of
concentrate for the
production of feed
increased its price in
more than 80 percent.
Diaz pointed out yellow
corn rise in prices is
given on a worldwide
scale, since it has been
used to produce ethanol. |
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