New Delhi: With increasing costs of poultry feed including maize and broken rice, prices of eggs and chicken are expected to see a rise of 25-30% by December, reported Economic Times. Over the last one month, the cost of maize and broken rice have increased by 30-45% as compared to a year back.While maize prices were around Rs 18/kg last year, it has increased to Rs 34/kg at present. Even till a month ago, the prices were around Rs 26-27/kg.The ET report added that the industry speculated that the prices could touch Rs 40/kg by December as the supply chain intermediaries tend to hoard the commodity expecting the prices to rise.Similarly, prices of eggs and chicken are also expected to see an increase of 25-30% by December as the costs of poultry feed like maize and broken rice have risen by 30-45% in the last one month from a year ago.While prices of broken rice were around Rs 14-15/kg around November 2025, they are now Rs 31-32/kg, even higher than last month’s prices of Rs 22-23/kg a month ago, trade data has revealed.“Earlier, whenever prices of maize and rice increased, we used to shift to other cereals like jowar, bajra, ragi etc. However, even these cereals are expensive to use in poultry feed now,” said KG Anand, general manager of Venkateshwara Hatcheries.As per industry estimates, the country’s kharif maize production is expected to go down by 15-16% due to the deficient monsoon in key kharif maize growing states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.At present, the wholesale egg prices hover around Rs 6-7/egg and are expected to increase to Rs 7-8/egg by December, while the wholesale price of without skin dressed chicken is expected to increase from Rs 225-250/kg to Rs 260-275/kg by December, reported ET, citing top industry executives.The Wire had earlier reported that the production expenses of meat retailers in India have seen a rise owing to increasing poultry feed costs, particularly because of rising poultry feed costs. The prices paid by poultry farmers for maize, which accounts for 55-65% of broiler feed by weight have seen an increase in wake of crop stress from a weak monsoon and competing demand from ethanol producers.