The talking heads were counting chickens last night after both the House of Representatives and Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly tackled the poultry feed shortage yesterday (more on that in this morning’s Legislation Watch, above).

The chairman of the poultry union welcomed the government’s move to release some feed from ports. Farms should see their feedstock replenished within the next three days on the back of the decision, Poultry Producers Union Chairman Mahmoud Al Anani told Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime:5:46). He said he hoped not to see a repeat of recent chick culls, saying farmers had been scared to keep the production cycle going without available feed in the market.

We need a monthly 250k tons of soybeans for feed, Deputy Agriculture Minister for Livestock, Poultry, and Fisheries Mostafa El Sayad told Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 19:52). Some 122k tons of soybeans have been released from ports so far this month, the government said yesterday. Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 3:10) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 7:44) also had the news.

ALSO- Some 25 pre-trial detainees received presidential pardons yesterday, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, a member of the presidential pardons committee, tells Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 6:27).