# Poultry industry's master plan to cut egg and chicken prices! Seeks 5 million tonnes of extra rice from FCI, buffer stock also to be managed

> India's poultry industry has asked the government to allocate about 5 million tonnes of surplus rice, including broken rice, from the Food Corporation of India's stocks at subsidised rates to lower feed costs. Poultry bodies cite higher maize and soybean prices, and FCI reportedly held about 8.44 million tonnes of grain above buffer norms as of 1 October 2026.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T13:38:34.525Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97923-poultry-industry-s-master-plan-to-cut-egg-and-chicken-prices-seeks-5-million
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Cheaper rice as feed would substitute for maize and could ease demand for corn and soybean meal in India, while large government stock releases would weigh on domestic rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-03-07 | [India allows exports of broken rice to cut stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25548-india-allows-exports-of-broken-rice-to-cut-stockpiles.md) | +4.9% | +1.4% |
| RICE | 2024-07-10 | [Government to resume wheat sale from FCI stock; may take a call on lifting ban in rice exports - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29224-government-to-resume-wheat-sale-from-fci-stock-may-take-a-call-on-lifting-ban.md) | -15.8% | -11.1% |
| RICE | 2019-05-13 | [FCI Has Too Much Wheat: Either It Must Revise Prices, Or Auction Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59032-fci-has-too-much-wheat-either-it-must-revise-prices-or-auction-stocks.md) | +3.3% | +9.8% |
| RICE | 2023-03-26 | [India allows exports of 3.5 lakh tonnes broken rice to Gambia, Senegal - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36809-india-allows-exports-of-3-5-lakh-tonnes-broken-rice-to-gambia-senegal-the.md) | -2.6% | -5.3% |
| RICE | 2024-10-09 | [Platts-assessed Asian rice prices plunge to multi-month low amid India's export ban U-turn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27914-platts-assessed-asian-rice-prices-plunge-to-multi-month-low-amid-india-s-export.md) | -0.6% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2025-02-26 | [USDA Invests Up To $1 Billion to Combat Avian Flu and Reduce Egg Prices \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26060-usda-invests-up-to-1-billion-to-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices-usda.md) | -6.0% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-10-12 | [China: MARA Plan Aims to Manage Swine Sector and Scale \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44518-china-mara-plan-aims-to-manage-swine-sector-and-scale-usda-foreign-agricultural.md) | +0.0% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2021-10-07 | [European Union considers measures to stop the sale of products from deforested land - October 2022 \| New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44588-european-union-considers-measures-to-stop-the-sale-of-products-from-deforested.md) | -2.7% | +6.7% |

## Sources

- jagran.com: https://www.jagran.com/business/biz-poultry-industry-seeks-fci-rice-to-cut-feed-costs-eggchicken-prices-40435760.html

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