Chairman of the Council of Agriculture Chen Jizhong (2nd from left in the front row) was invited by DPP legislators Huang Xiufang, Chen Suyue, Chen Xiubao and others to inspect the fruit and vegetable market in Changhua City.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Congqiu)

[Reporter Zhang Congqiu/Changhua Report] Affected by the bird flu epidemic, there is a global egg shortage. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, was asked about egg prices in Changhua this morning. He said that Japan had culled 16,000 chickens due to the epidemic. The price has doubled, and the egg shortage in the United States has become more serious. Even supermarkets cannot buy eggs, which has increased by 6 times. It was decided that the price of eggs should be determined jointly by both parties. The government takes care of consumers and will launch cheap eggs in chain supermarkets such as Quanlian to reduce the burden on the public.

This morning, Chen Jizhong was invited by DPP legislators Huang Xiufang, Chen Suyue, Chen Xiubao and others to inspect the fruit and vegetable market in Changhua City, and agreed to subsidize 60% of the funds to allow the fruit and vegetable market to carry out necessary facilities improvement and construction projects. Huanghe asked Chen Jizhong his opinion on the price of eggs. He used the example of 1 out of 2 eggs in Taiwan to come from Changhua County, explaining that Changhua egg farmers faced with the rise in corn feed costs, and the culling of the epidemic, the supply of eggs has been reduced, emphasizing that the government already has countermeasures.

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Chen Jizhong said that the bird flu epidemic has caused egg shortages in Japan, the United States, and European countries. Taiwan's government and egg farmers have taken full measures to prevent and control the epidemic. The epidemic still affects the supply of eggs. Invite 3 or 40 representatives of egg farmers and egg merchants to a meeting. In the future, egg prices will be determined jointly by egg farmers and egg merchants, changing the situation that egg farmers cannot participate in price discussions. In addition, the Council of Agriculture will continue to report to the Executive Yuan to reduce or exempt corn feed sales tax , to help egg farmers reduce feed costs. On the other hand, the Council of Agriculture will also launch cheap eggs in supermarkets such as Quanlian Welfare Center to reduce the burden on consumers.

Chen Jizhong said that in addition to the impact of the epidemic on the supply of eggs, the temperature of the poultry house is too low and too cold to withstand the cold, which will also affect the egg production rate. The poultry house is too hot and the temperature difference between cold and hot is too large, which will also affect it. Under the instructions of Tsai Ing-wen, the Council of Agriculture allocated 1.1 billion yuan to improve the construction of poultry farms in the agricultural infrastructure design plan to subsidize chicken farmers to improve the breeding environment.

Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, visited the fruit and vegetable market in Changhua City today, and expressed his views on the Council of Agriculture's stabilization of egg prices.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Congqiu)