THE price of eggs has risen due to hoarding by people worried about the Covid-19 virus – and the increasing summer temperature making hens less productive.
Songkhla farmer Boonserm Kaewthongrat said this week, his 6,000 hens had slumped to about 4,500 eggs a day.Phongsathorn Karabun, an egg trader in Lampang’s Ban Fon market, said the price had risen by 10-15 baht (RM1.30 to RM1.90) per dozen, but he hadn’t witnessed any hoarding.
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