Poultry producers cash in on beef slaughter ban as demand for chicken rises

Demand rose due to cattle restrictions, especially in northern states where Muslims are a minority

India's poultry producers are posting record profits as feed costs have dropped to a five-year low and on rising chicken demand after cattle slaughtering restrictions were enacted in the majority Hindu country.

Poultry company profits should continue to rise as raw material costs are set to remain depressed and demand rises due to the political fight over cattle slaughtering in India, home to the world's biggest population of Hindus, who hold cows to be sacred, plays out in the courts.

On May 31, the Madras High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu overturned a government ban on cattle