From January to March 2022, the average farmgate price of broiler chicken in commercial farms was quoted at PhP 105.70 per kilogram, liveweight. This was -5.6 percent lower than the previous year’s same period average price of PhP 111.95 per kilogram, liveweight.
The highest farmgate price was recorded in January at PhP 109.23 per kilogram, liveweight, while the lowest was quoted in February at PhP 99.63 per kilogram, liveweight. (Figure 4)
Inventory
As of 31 March 2022, the total chicken inventory was estimated at 187.66 million birds. This was 2.4 percent higher compared with the previous year’s same period inventory of 183.27 million birds. Inventory of broiler chicken and layer chicken grew by 10.7 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively. On the other hand, native/improved chicken population declined by -2.3 percent. Of the total chicken population, native/improved chicken accounted for 43.0 percent, followed by broiler chicken with 33.7 percent share and layer chicken with 23.3 percent share. (Figure 2)
Central Luzon reported the highest total chicken population of 33.92 million birds during the period. This was followed by CALABARZON and Northern Mindanao with corresponding inventories of 25.49 million birds and 21.99 million birds. These three regions accounted for 43.4 percent of the total chicken inventory in the country.
Western Visayas had the highest inventory of native/improved chicken with 13.52 million birds. Broiler chicken inventory was highest in Central Luzon with 17.55 million birds, while CALABARZON shared the highest inventory of layer chicken with 15.35 million birds.
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