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Poultrymeat production in the UK reached an all-time high last year, despite a number of challenging conditions. During the course of 2025, the poultry sector was able to offset the move to lower stocking densities for broilers, some major fluctuations in monthly...
The increasing and widespread use of weight loss drugs is a relatively new factor which could boost demand for chicken. According to the latest report from Rabobank, the diets typically recommended with these drugs will be another factor supporting an already...
Feed ingredients costs have emerged from the holiday period in a continuing subdued state. Soyameal has started the year at its lowest level for three months, while spot prices for UK feed wheat are unchanged over the same period. See also: Egg market steadies, but...
The future of the colony egg sector is now a major question as the industry moves into 2026. The arrival of the deadline for pulling cage eggs out of the supermarkets, combined with a year-long assault from bird flu, has posed a challenging year for the egg sector....
It has been several years since poultry producers experienced such a sustained period of stable and lower feed costs. The year is drawing to an end with only a minor rise in feed formulation costs over the previous month. These costs are still below where they were in...
POULTRYMEAT production in the UK has continued rising this year, despite the pressures on the sector from switching to the lower 30kg/sq m stocking density for broilers. In the first 10 months of 2025, total output of all poultrymeat was up by 1.2% compared with last...
EGG production in the UK rose again in the third quarter to reach a new record, while colony output declined further to a record low. The total of 268 million dozen, from all systems of production, was up by 6.3% on the same July-September period of last year, and...
SPOT ration costs have tipped upwards over the past month, following a rise in UK prices of both feed wheat and soya. The formulation cost of our basic layers ration rose by £10/tonne since early October. See also: Poultry housing order introduced across Wales as...
We have been notified by Defra that there may be an error with the stats they published, which we reported on in this article – we are investigating the issue and will update the story accordingly. Our most recent egg market update can be found at the following link:...
RETAIL prices for both eggs and poultrymeat were rising less rapidly than food in general during September, becoming even more competitive against most other meal centres. These trends came in a month when food price inflation as a whole has slowed down, but remains a...
A substantial increase in chick placings during September has put the broiler sector back onto its long-term growth curve for the year as a whole. The number of day-olds placed on farms last month was up by 8.4m, compared with a year ago, to 103.8m. See also: EP 17...
SEASONAL turkey growers are facing modest increases in production costs of just over two per cent this Christmas, according to the NFU. The combination of all rearing costs takes the final total for growing a 5.5kg turkey through the £50 barrier, to £50.83 from £49.75...