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WITH higher inflation making the headlines this week, it is worth noting that food prices in general have remained steady, while poultrymeat is one of several categories that have become more competitively priced over the past year. Meanwhile, the rise in egg prices...
A small excess of free-range eggs has emerged as the retail sector enters its seasonal slowdown, while the UK laying flock reaches its likely peak size for this year. A final surge in day-old pullet placings in the Spring is now entering the laying flock, taking it...
POULTRY producers in Wales are being urged to complete a consultation that could lead to the 16-week marketing derogation for free-range but housed birds removed in Wales. The change would mean eggs from housed free-range hens could be sold as free-range for as long...
A SOFTENING of soya prices has been the main development in the cost of rations over the past few weeks. UK soyameal, already at a low level by recent standards, slipped by a further £39/tonne in July to £375/t. See also: Poultry Network Precision Agri Feed Buying...
BROILER numbers rose again last month, as the recent run of expansion continued for the fourth month in a row. Weekly chick placings in the UK averaged 23.3m, up by 300,000 a week compared with June last year. See also: How supplementation can mitigate the risk of...
THE BRITISH public has indicated support for agriculture in a new survey commissioned by the NFU. Three-quarters of the public asked in the research had a favourable view of farmers and growers, “recognising how hard they work through rain and shine, to produce food...
There has been little real movement in the egg market as the trade moves deeper into the summer season. Wholesale prices for both colony and free-range eggs drifted a little lower during the past month, but this is typical of the more subdued pattern of summer demand....
UK consumption of poultrymeat dropped sharply in the first quarter of this year, despite a slight rise in home production. The latest figures from Defra show that total poultrymeat supplies entering the market during January-March from all sources (broilers, turkeys,...
ALDI has become the latest retailer to cut broiler stocking densities for broilers to 30kg/sq m, following Tesco making the same announcement last week. The supermarket said the change would be complete by the end of October this year, giving birds 20% more space than...
RABOBANK has painted a positive picture of global poultry markets, reporting that consumption is growing and many markets are demonstrating “disciplined supply growth”. See also: Aldi latest retailer to cut broiler stocking densities to 30kg/ sq m After four years of...
The feed trade has calmed down once more after last month’s anxieties, but there is still the prospect of another upturn in wheat prices during the coming months. UK feed wheat fell back to an average of £176 a tonne last week, a fall of £23/t on a month earlier. See...
EGGSELL and Elliot Eggs' Tom Elliott has said he expects white eggs to become a significant part of the UK's market as many farmers increasingly consider them a higher welfare, better-performing flocks. Retailers are also keen to increase their mix of white eggs,...