# Packers lower prices paid to producers as free range eggs flood market - Poultry News

> Some UK egg packers have cut the prices they pay producers for free range eggs because of an oversupply in the market. The British Free Range Producers Association says it had warned members of overproduction for more than two years.

- Date: 2019-01-25 · published 2019-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61130-packers-lower-prices-paid-to-producers-as-free-range-eggs-flood-market-poultry
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower producer prices reflect weak egg demand relative to supply, which pressures UK free range egg margins but has little direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/egg-production/packers-lower-prices-paid-to-producers-as-free-range-eggs-flood-market.html

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