Feed Prices Rise as Egg Prices Plummet, Poultry Farmers Squeezed!

Poultry farmers raising laying hens are gathering eggs at the Karya Mandiri Village-Owned Enterprise Farm in Kalisuren, Bogor Regency, West Java, on Monday (11/5/2026). Business operators in the poultry sector are now facing dual pressures due to the surge in feed prices amidst the plummeting selling prices of eggs and live chickens at the farmer level. The increase in production costs is seen as increasingly burdensome for farmers following the continuous rise in chicken feed prices over the past few weeks. Meanwhile, chicken egg prices have experienced a significant decline, eroding the profit margins of farmers. The price of live birds or live chickens at the farmer level is currently still moving below the government’s Reference Purchase Price (HAP). Based on government regulations, the HAP for live chickens is at the level of Rp25,000 per kilogram. However, field prices are still ranging from Rp16,000 to Rp18,000 per kilogram. For laying hen eggs, the HAP is set at Rp26,500 per kilogram. However, the current selling price at the farmer level is only around Rp22,000 per kilogram. On the other hand, the production cost of chicken eggs has reached around Rp21,000-Rp22,000 per kilogram depending on the scale of the farmer’s business. Irham, one of the chicken coop staff, said that business pressures have started to be felt in the last two weeks along with the rise in chicken feed prices. “The price of chicken feed that keeps rising is around Rp6,800 to Rp7,000 per kilo. Now it has risen to Rp7,300 to Rp7,500 per kilo,” said Irham to CNBC Indonesia. He also revealed that egg prices at the farmer level have also experienced a sharp decline. “The egg price from our farmer level was sold for around Rp23,000-Rp25,000, now it has dropped to Rp22,000 following the production cost,” he added. The plunge in egg prices is occurring amid conditions of abundant egg supply in the market. The high availability of stock is putting increasing pressure on selling prices at the producer level, while upstream sector cost burdens continue to rise.