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POULTRYMEAT consumption in the UK grew strongly during 2025 as a whole, despite the challenges of introducing lower stocking densities and the impact of avian influenza across Europe. The full-year figures from Defra show that the supply of poultry reaching the market...
WHILE UK egg supplies remain persistently under pressure, placings of day-old pullets have shown their first monthly increase for half a year. Even as retail demand continues to mop up any available UK supplies, this month is likely to see the UK laying flock reach a...
Poultrymeat output took a tumble in February, ending a steady run of higher UK production. However, day-old chick numbers picked up during the month, indicating a return to expansion in coming months. According to latest Defra figures, total UK production of all...
WAR in the Middle East means that consumers are facing the prospect of a renewed bout of inflation, just as it appeared to be about to drop to new lows. While oil prices surge again, and attention turns to its likely knock-on effect on the cost of living in general,...
Unlike at the start of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, to date the sudden geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East has not caused significant ripples on world grain and oilseed markets. Global prices for wheat and soya have shown relatively small movements...
Wholesale prices for UK eggs have been spiralling upwards during the past month, as a shortage of supplies has kicked in rapidly since the turn of the year. Increases of as much as 40-45p/doz have been quoted across the board for UK colony eggs, and 30-35p/doz for...
UK production of poultrymeat continued growing in the first month of this year. After a record year in 2025, total production of poultrymeat of all kinds increased by a further 1.3% in January, compared with a year earlier. This closely matched the average growth...
North Carolina State University (NCSU) has published the results of its 41st annual layer performance and management test. The researchers evaluated egg production, feed consumption, mortality rates, egg quality and overall hen performance. Among the brown, cage-free...
Spot ration costs are down again this month, and have now fallen by around £8 a tonne since Christmas. They are now showing a year-on-year decline for the third year in a row: our index of a basic layers ration stood as high as 340 in February 2023, falling to 266 in...
After showing steady growth in the first half of 2025, consumption of poultrymeat in the UK slipped backwards in the third quarter, according to latest figures from Defra. Measured as total supplies of all poultrymeat reaching the market, there was a drop of 11,000...
Output of free range eggs in the UK rose to a new high in the last quarter of 2025, as the original deadline closed for removing colony eggs from supermarket shelves. At the same time, there was a smaller decline in colony output, as demand across the egg sector, both...
EGGS and poultrymeat are still undercutting the overall rate of food inflation, maintaining their competitive edge in the shopping basket. Although alcohol, tobacco and transport shouldered most of the blame for the widely reported uptick in general inflation last...