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The situation regarding the adequacy of animal feed in Cyprus remains difficult, as market participants are strongly concerned about the total stocks in the market. Particularly among breeders there is intense concern in recent days because the adequacy of feed is only for a few weeks. In particular, the adequacy of stocks for animal feed is about a month and a half, while in the case of cereals the situation is better, since stocks reach four months.
Risk for stockbreeders
The managing director of the Andreou Choirostasia Brothers, speaking to KYPE, stated that since yesterday, orders have been placed for maize that will cover the market for another 15 days.
But new orders from Romania and Bulgaria are 80 euros a ton more expensive than a week ago, he said. In case they can not be supplied by these two markets, he stressed, then they will have to go to the more expensive markets of France and the USA, in the midst of a spike in prices internationally.
“If the war does not end and “If the stocks held by Russia and Ukraine enter the market, then we will no longer talk about the price of grain, but we will no longer be able to supply grain,” said Mr. Andreou. In that case, he said, or if prices go up too much, farmers will no longer be able to feed their animals.
For his part, the general director of the Pancyprian Cattle Breeders Organization, Nikos Papakyriakou, said that grain prices compared to October 2020 are already increased by 80% and are expected to increase even more due to the war, indicating, at the same time, that the government should subsidize livestock feed and claim EU subsidies.
At the same time, he said that the silos of the Cereals Committee should be full of stocks since in 2021 the Parliament approved the operation of the Committee for the Assurance of Strategic Feed Stocks, which has exactly this role. He also warned of serious dangers in the livelihood of farmers in case this situation continues without action.
“We will eat wood”
” “We have had ships outside the port of Constanta in Romania for nine days now and we are waiting in line to load,” Costas Konstantinou of the grain import company Miloubar Cyprus LTD told KYPE.
“Three days ago,” he added, “we expected two ships from Moldova to arrive in Cyprus when the country announced that it was banning exports and expelling importers.” At the same time, he said that with the arrival of ships with grain in Cyprus “we will eat wood to whom we will give”, while noting that the purchasing power of breeders and especially pig farmers has been lost, due to increased costs and reduced tourism.
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