Broiler Chicken Industry: India's Most Organized Agri-Business

Key Points

• 1Raghuvendra Verma rears broiler meat chickens for about 37 days, producing marketable birds weighing 320,865 kg annually.
• 2IB Group/ABIS supplies DOCs, feed, and cleaning chemicals, and takes back mature birds.
• 3Verma received an average growing charge of Rs 14.89/kg last year, resulting in a gross revenue of Rs 47.78 lakh.
• 4The optimum temperatures for bird growth are 32-34 degrees Celsius in the first three days.
• 5Open houses require more space per chick, leading to higher mortality rates and longer growth times.
• 6ABIS Exports has 30,000-odd broiler farmers across India, with IB Group/ABIS and Suguna accounting for 1-1.1 crore DOC placements weekly.
• 7The broiler industry is highly backward integrated and is working on forward integration.