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Think Grain Think Feed - Volume 10 | Issue 3 | Jan 2024

Efficient Players Can Survive
storage facilities like
chicken consumption. In
Think Grain Think Feed, Mr.
previous years, as a company
warehouses and silos to plan
Uddhav Ahire, founder
2-3-month inventory.
Anand Agro, shared learnings we organised chicken festival
in The Market
from his entrepreneurial
journey and way forward.
counter the fear of eating the to use alternate commodities
that are locally available, like
chicken.
Below are the excerpts. at various locations to Another possible solution is
Bird flu is a common With different crops broken rice, bajra, and wheat,
phenomenon that results coming from different along with enzymes to
in economic losses. What is regions, how do you protect from price volatility
1997 Started with your take on this, and what ensure a consistent and (broken rice in Telangana or
3000 birds strategies do you reliable supply of feed bajra in Rajasthan).
recommend to overcome ingredients? Due to oversupply in the
this challenge? Previously, corn and market, the industry is
Whenever a bird flu outbreak soybeans were much more projected to reduce
Entered integration business with arises, there is a panic sale of stable in terms of quantity as placements. What is your
2003 commercial broiler chicks & hatching
broiler birds. It is known that well as quality. But the strategy to cope with the
eggs from Cobb Associate
there is no risk of virus scenario has changed, market situation?
Uddhav Ahire transmission because we eat especially in the last 4 years Surprisingly, chicken prices

the chicken after boiling and or so. Crops have been were better during the non-
heating. Awareness diverted to food, ethanol, consumption season, and the
programmes are conducted and exports. The soybean industry projected the same
Started Broiler Breeder Operation | The bird flu outbreak
with the help of local and rate is also impacted by the price throughout the new-
led to huge losses, forcing weak players out of business
and presenting others business expansion opportunities 2006 international market. Hence, year season, which was not

2018

Constructed eight environmental control sheds
with battery cages having a capacity of 1,20,000
2009 broiler parents and installed a biogas plant that
fulfilled 90% of the electricity requirement
2022

Installed an extruder-based
soya plant with a capacity
Installed the first pellet feed of 300 TPD
plant with a 175 TPD capacity,
which was then expanded to
350 TPD in 2012

Journey of PRESENT

Anand Agro The company purchases
maize and soya seed
from 20,000 local farmers.
Currently, the capacity of the
broiler breeder is 3,00,000 and
the broiler bird integration
capacity is 35,00,000 per month

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