Poultry
Chicken, turkey, and poultry industry news
Lagos Egg Prices Climb Back Up
The early October dip in Lagos egg prices has reversed. A crate of Medium Sized Eggs rose for a third straight week to a mean …
FG Moves to Implement Animal Feed Policy
The Livestock Ministry has begun building an implementation plan for the National Feed and Fodder Policy, with feed making up about 70% of livestock production …
Chick Delays, Deaths Squeeze Abuja Poultry Market
Poultry dealers in Abuja say day-old chicks now take three to four weeks to arrive, against under a week last year, and many die on …
Egg Crates Ease to ₦5,400 in Lagos
A crate of Medium Sized Eggs fell 1.8% to a mean of ₦5,400 across 10 Lagos markets in the week to 2 October 2026. The …
Nigeria Plans a Livestock Hub for Each State
The Federal Government has unveiled a plan for species-specific Livestock Development Centres across Nigeria, built as commercial clusters rather than government farms. Each state would …
A Poultry Giant Now Makes the Machines
Amo Group, one of Nigeria's biggest poultry and feed companies, has opened a new subsidiary in Ibadan to build the equipment farms rely on. Amo …
Nigeria Breeds a Better Backyard Chicken
Nigeria has approved MoorBeta, a home-grown meat chicken bred over more than a decade to thrive in the country's heat. It reaches about 2.8kg in …
Nigeria Flies In Its Christmas Turkey
Turkey is a festive-table favourite in Nigeria, but most of it arrives frozen from Italy, the Netherlands and South Africa. With local poultry meeting only …
Edo Harvests Its Own 500-Hectare Maize
Edo State has begun harvesting more than 500 hectares of maize from its own farms, part of a push into large-scale production of maize, cassava …
Guinea Fowl, Chicken's Neglected Rival
Nigeria keeps an estimated 50 million guinea fowl, a hardy, disease-tolerant bird with leaner, higher-protein meat than chicken. Yet almost all of it is raised …
Quails Lay a Quicker Naira
Small-scale Nigerian farmers are turning to quail, a tiny bird that eats little, resists disease and lays almost daily. With chicken feed costs punishing poultry …
Farm Antibiotics Seep Into Nigeria's Food
Experts warn that the unregulated use of antibiotics on Nigeria's poultry, fish and livestock farms is leaving drug residues in meat, eggs and milk and …
Egg Crate Edges Up To ₦5,640
A crate of Medium Sized Eggs averages ₦5,640 across all 10 Lagos markets, up 0.4% from ₦5,620. It is the only protein line tracked and …
A Fly Takes On Nigeria's Feed Bill
The cost of feed is the biggest threat to Nigeria's poultry and fish farmers. An unlikely ally is stepping up: the black soldier fly, whose …
Medium Sized Eggs Fall 3.1% in Lagos Despite Rising Fuel and a Year of Climbing Poultry Costs
A crate of Medium Sized Eggs recorded a 3.1% mean price decline in this week's Ministry market survey, an unusual move in a week when …
The World Grew a Mountain of Corn
Record global corn harvests have kept prices subdued, handing relief to the poultry and livestock farmers who turn maize into feed. A smaller US crop …
Ajah Market Eggs Hold at N6,000 a Crate as Chicken and Mackerel Anchor the Protein Shelf
A crate of eggs at Ajah Market was captured at N6,000 in late January, with frozen chicken at N7,200 a kilogram and cow meat at …
Ajah Market Cooking Oil Spans N12,000 to N55,000 as Beef Edges Up to N8,000 a Kilo
Cooking oil at Ajah Market ran from N12,000 for 5 litres of palm oil to N55,000 for a 25 litre tin by March, while a …
Lekki-Jakande Eggs at N6,000 a Crate as Mackerel and Chicken Hold at N7,000 a Kilogram
A crate of eggs at Lekki-Jakande Market was captured at N5,700 in late January and N6,000 by March, with local mackerel, frozen chicken and cow …
Fatal Explosion at Koch Foods Poultry Plant in Ohio Kills Worker, Prompts OSHA Investigation
A massive explosion and fire at Koch Foods' poultry processing plant in Fairfield, Ohio killed 25-year-old Griffin Darrow and injured two others, triggering a shelter-in-place …