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FISHER GERMAN has said that the market for poultry farm sales is strong as farmers seek to diversify their income. The property consultants recently sold a 10-acre farm that formerly reared ducks for Avara Foods in excess of its £800,000 asking price. See also: Wheat...
DEFRA has recorded a 12% increase in farmgate egg prices in 2020. The average price in the fourth quarter of last year was 81.7p/doz, up 11.7% on the same period in 2019 and 0.6% higher than the third quarter of 2020. See also: Organic chicken and egg register...
RAW MATERIAL costs have levelled off in recent weeks, but remain far higher than a year ago. The average UK price of feed wheat stood at £203.70/t (ex-farm) in the first week of February, a gain of less than £1/t over the month. See also: Organic chicken and egg...
THE Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called on the government to use flexibility gained by leaving the European Union to reform the regulation of slaughterhouses. In particular, AIMS says that technology should be used to reduce costs – and improve...
ORGANIC produce enjoyed bumper sales growth last year with the sector expected to be worth £2.9bn by the end of 2021. According to Nielsen data, supermarket sales grew 12.5% over the year, and online and home-delivery sales leapt by 36.2%. See also: Smaller gatherings...
BEEF AND PORK sales soared at Christmas at the expense of turkey as shoppers opted for joints of meat better served for small gatherings. Restrictions on family get-togethers and dining out over the festive season delivered record retail sales growth this Christmas,...
THE NETHERLANDS government has said it will keep its housing order for poultry in place because the risk of avian influenza remains high. It means that the 16-week derogation, which allows farmers to market meat and eggs from housed birds as free-range, will come to...
POULTRYMEAT output achieved a small increase during 2020, despite problems faced by the sector during the year. Overall production of chicken, turkey, ducks and spent hens reached 1.92 million tonnes, up one per cent on the year before. See also: Further pressure on...
GERMANY has taken another step towards becoming the first country in the world to ban the culling of male chicks. Its agriculture minister, Julia Klöckner, said in a statement that a draft law had been approved by the federal cabinet that would outlaw the practice...
THE PROPORTION of shoppers either limiting their consumption of, or not eating meat altogether, dropped back in 2020. Research from analyst Mintel found that 41% of consumers said they reduced their meat intake in 2020, compared with 51% in 2019. See also: Further...
ANOTHER fortnight of rising raw material costs has now pushed feed prices towards record levels. With global indicators for all key grains and oilseeds now set to ‘bullish’, the same factors driving prices at the end of 2020 have, if anything intensified in recent...
ST EWE FREE RANGE EGGS is donating tens of thousands of eggs to food banks after the closure of out of home eating caused demand to plummet. For every tray of eggs that the firm sells at a reduced price, the company will donate one carton of eggs to those in need...