The regional Ministry of Agriculture believes that an increase in egg prices in the Perm Territory due to a fire and the death of chickens at the Komsomolskaya poultry farm is not expected

The affected livestock of the Komsomolskaya poultry farm in the Kungur district is a small percentage (1.1-1.2%) of the total livestock. This was reported to the Zvezda Internet magazine by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Perm Territory.

“Price growth is not expected,” the ministry said.

Recall that on the evening of February 8, one of the buildings of the Komsomolskaya poultry farm caught fire in the Kungursky district. The fire area was 1.7 thousand square meters. m. During the fire, the roof collapsed and more than 33,800 chickens died.

What other producers say: One of the producers of egg products in the Perm region, explained that due to the death of chickens, there will be no shortage of eggs, since they can be brought from other regions of the Russian Federation. However, the price increase is possible.

“There is no shortage of eggs on the market now - they will bring them from other regions. it is clear that there will be an increase in prices, both taking into account this factor and taking into account the general trend, but it is still difficult to predict how much the increase will be, ”the source said.

The Komsomolskaya Poultry Farm is the largest egg producer in the Perm Territory. In 2007, it was privatized by the Chelyabinsk holding Uralbroiler (later Healthy Farm), which was owned by former Russian State Duma deputy Oleg Kolesnikov. In 2016, Healthy Farm was sold to the Rusgrain Holding group of companies together with Komsomolskaya. And in the spring of 2019, it became the property of UK Trust Poultry Assets LLC.