# Maize Price Volatility Threatens Poultry Sector, Industry Seeks PM Modi's Intervention

> The Kolkata-based Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene over recurring shortages and sharp price swings in maize and other poultry feed materials. The chamber said feed inflation has already crossed 20% and called for coordinated Centre and state action on supply constraints.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-05T13:38:26.148Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81874-maize-price-volatility-threatens-poultry-sector-industry-seeks-pm-modi-s
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight Indian maize supply tied to ethanol demand and lower crops supports feed costs and could lift import interest in corn and related feed ingredients. The policy pressure may lead to government measures that affect domestic maize and feed pricing.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-05 | [EPA grain projections concern poultry industry after lower prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73615-epa-grain-projections-concern-poultry-industry-after-lower-prices.md) | +4.1% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2020-12-31 | [Sharp rise in price for the CBoT maize future](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49678-sharp-rise-in-price-for-the-cbot-maize-future.md) | +6.2% | +17.5% |
| CORN | 2020-12-24 | [Will China’s hog sector industrialization hike crop imports?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49642-will-china-s-hog-sector-industrialization-hike-crop-imports.md) | +4.9% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2018-07-16 | [EPA released proposed biofuels volumes in RFS with mixed industry reaction - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63925-epa-released-proposed-biofuels-volumes-in-rfs-with-mixed-industry-reaction.md) | +4.6% | +9.9% |
| CORN | 2018-04-13 | [China seeks to increase soy production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65493-china-seeks-to-increase-soy-production.md) | -0.4% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- indiabusinesstrade.in: https://indiabusinesstrade.in/maize-price-volatility-threatens-poultry-sector-industry-seeks-pm-modis-intervention.htm

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