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For the first time in many months, the inflation picture in the egg, poultry and wider meat sectors has quietened down, with no notable monthly changes. According to the latest inflation figures from the Office of National Statistics, food prices in general actually...
Bird numbers for poultrymeat production in the UK have continued to rally for another month, after showing a net downturn in 2025. For both broilers and turkeys, day-old placings in May showed a year-on-year increase for the fifth month in succession. See also: NI air...
A marked decline in both wheat and soya prices in recent weeks has brought finished ration costs back to where they were in April. Average UK prices for feed wheat (ex-farm) peaked at the end of May. They have since fallen back again, although they are still currently...
Warmer weather and the approach of summer have taken off some of the pressure on egg supplies. As a result, wholesale prices have eased on both colony and free range eggs, although the two sectors are currently subject to different market dynamics. See also: Ep 44 |...
THE struggles of the poultry sector have continued into the first quarter of this year, with the industry unable to keep up with strongly growing demand. Overall meat consumption in the UK was up by 1.2% during January-March, compared with a year earlier, and this was...
POULTRYMEAT production has fallen across the board so far this year, with output of broilers, old hens, and ducks and turkeys, all sliding backwards compared with a year ago. Latest figures from Defra reveal that total UK production slipped by half a percent during...
THE rate of inflation in retail prices of eggs and poultrymeat slowed right down in April, along with the cost of most foods in general. However, the Bank of England is expecting food prices to be moving back up again in the second half of the year, as a delayed...
THE UK could face a shortage of home-grown chicken in the near future, warned David Neilsen, Director of Agriculture at Avara Foods, at the Fair this week. Demand for chicken was set to keep growing, he predicted, but planning restrictions on new units threatened to...
LACK of progress in the current Middle East stalemate has left feed ingredients frozen at their relatively elevated price levels. Geopolitics remains the factor that is overshadowing the usual concerns about weather conditions, and everyday world supply and demand...
WITH egg consumption in the UK still driving upwards, home production increased again in the first quarter of this year. The combined output of shell eggs, along with eggs for processing, reached 273.3 million dozen, setting a new quarterly record for UK-produced eggs...
Broiler and poult placings have got off to a strong start in the first quarter of this year, after both sectors failed to achieve any growth in bird numbers during 2025. Total broiler placings for the first quarter came to 291m, achieving a 1.6% increase on the same...
Spot ration costs are at their highest for a year, after the effects of the Iran war have started to bite on wheat and soya costs. Nevertheless the fundamentals of a world grains market, that looks currently well supplied in the longer term, are keeping a lid on...