# Coronavirus: Egg producers urged not to break packer contracts - FarmingUK News

> UK free-range egg producers have been urged not to sell more eggs privately than their packer contracts allow, as coronavirus panic buying has lifted farm-gate prices. The British Free Range Egg Producers' Association says packers remain the producers' main customer.

- Date: 2020-04-17 · published 2020-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53655-coronavirus-egg-producers-urged-not-to-break-packer-contracts-farminguk-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

This is a contract and pricing dispute within the UK egg sector and has no meaningful effect on feed grain or meal prices.

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/coronavirus-egg-producers-urged-not-to-break-packer-contracts_55450.html

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