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A UK and Ireland free-range egg producer says retail egg prices have fallen from about £1 to 81 pence per dozen over recent years. Feed costs are up 20-30% after this summer's drought in the UK and Europe, and producer margins are under pressure.
Producers are calling for a retail price increase.
Higher drought-driven feed costs are squeezing egg producer margins, which could reduce flock sizes or push for higher egg prices in the coming months.
farmersjournal.ieOct 17, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
