# Marks and Spencer gives financial commitment to free range egg producers in 'high risk' zones - FarmingUK News

> Marks and Spencer has committed to keep paying the free-range egg price to producers whose birds must stay housed in high-risk zones after the end of February. The retailer is the first to make this pledge. Around a quarter of the English free-range flock may be affected.

- Date: 2017-02-20 · published 2017-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72519-marks-and-spencer-gives-financial-commitment-to-free-range-egg-producers-in
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The pledge cushions producer losses from downgraded eggs, which reduces the risk of flock cuts. It has little direct effect on feed grain demand.

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/marks-and-spencer-gives-financial-commitment-to-free-range-egg-producers-in-high-risk-zones_45679.html

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