# Summer lull threatens egg price given record UK flock - Poultry World

> UK egg supplies are weighing on the market as summer begins, with wholesale prices for colony and free-range eggs under pressure. Output over April to September is expected to run at a record level after a surge in pullet placings that started the previous October.

- Date: 2017-06-23 · published 2017-06-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70495-summer-lull-threatens-egg-price-given-record-uk-flock-poultry-world
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Record UK layer output pressures egg prices and reduces feed demand from the British layer sector, a modest bearish signal for feed ingredients in Europe.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- poultryworld.net: https://www.poultryworld.net/uk/summer-lull-threatens-egg-price-given-record-uk-flock/

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