Today is: Thursday 17 May 2012 21:41:21
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UK May wheat futures are about £174, November about £148. GM-soya is about £340 ex-port.
Russia exported 18.5mt wheat in the nine months (1st July-1st April), an all-time high exceeding the 18.3mt for the entire marketing year 2008-9. Another 2mt is expected to be exported in the next 3 months. Recognising the importance of Russia, the Ukraine, ...
Delegates at the International Egg Commission Spring conference in Venice at the end of March heard the recurring theme from speaker that ’Trust’ is your most valuable asset. Successful businesses from all sectors, whether they be small or large have to be ’trusted’ by their customers to provide not just a safe, quality prod...
One hundred and ninety members from a total turnout of around 310 came to the ten Roadshows held around Britain over the last six weeks. The vast majority of the meetings were attended by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and the feedback offered by members will be fed back in detail to Council. Members’ opinions given on BFREPA’s polici...
In the early years of BFREPA, the AGM and Conference moved from venue to venue on an annual basis. For the last ten years or so the Conference was held at Stoneleigh Park. As the Free Range industry grew rapidly, Conference expanded from 250 delegates to over 500. The difficulties of the industry in the past two years has had an effect on number...
A British MEP has called for a complete ban on cage egg systems, including the new colony systems introduced to comply with the European Union battery cage ban. Keith Taylor, a member of the Green Party who represents Sussex and the South East in the European Parliament, says the EU ban on conventional cages does not go far enough. He said in a ...
Free range egg producers are being warned that the current boom in producer prices could be followed by another bust unless the egg industry exerts greater control over production. A mini-price war seems to have broken out amongst packers since the introduction of the European Union’s ban on conventional cages led to a shortage of eggs acr...
At the time of writing, Monday 30th April, the market in the UK remains surprisingly strong, reflecting the continuing high retail demand for colony egg products since Easter. This is despite the progressively improving position on colony egg availability. Packers continue to have low stocks, and the position should start to improve during May when...
A new buy British initiative will be launched at this year’s Pig and Poultry Fair later this month. Producers, processors and suppliers will be encouraged to promote the best of British food and farming as part of an initiative to boost sales of home-grown pork, poultry and eggs. The egg industry has already been encouraging consumers, ret...
Sterling lifted against $ during the week, but the main currency news related to the IMF begging bowl which was passed around looking for more contributions. Japan made a contribution, but will the UK, and will there be enough funds to address the increasing concern about the state of the Spanish economy? The bank of England admitted that it woul...
Demand for free range eggs has driven a huge increase in egg consumption in Australia over the last 12 months. Whilst figures held by the British Egg Industry Council show that egg consumption in this country increased by just one per cent in 2011, consumption in Australia increased by seven per cent. Retail sales of free range eggs increased by...
Noble Foods and Stonegate have both responded to recent moves in the egg market by announcing increases in producer prices. Noble’s wrote to their producers to say that prices would be increased by 10 pence a dozen for all producers and for all grades from March 17. The company’s previous announcement of a three pence increase on sec...
Changes following NFU poultry board elections The NFU poultry board is looking for a new chairman after Charles Bourns failed to win the 75 per cent majority required to be re-elected. Mr Bourns, who farms in Gloucestershire, became commodity board chairman in 2003 after five years as committee chairman. The process of electing a new chair...
The rising tension between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands has, apparently, resulted in a shortage of eggs on Britain’s South Atlantic outpost. On the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war between the two countries, the Argentinian president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has embarked on a war of words, restati...
The European Commission has admitted that its animal welfare rules are not working effectively. Its admission came as it unveiled a new animal welfare strategy for 2012 to 2015 and it followed the ineffective introduction of a ban on conventional laying cages that has left millions of hens throughout the EU still housed in illegal battery units and...
Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into suspected fake eggs in the latest food scare to hit the country. Nearly 3,000 eggs were seized by inspectors in the city of Leizhou in southern China’s Guangdong Province after a consumer who bought some of the eggs reported that his son had been taken ill. The eggs have been sent awa...
The British Egg Products Association (BEPA) is warning that the EU ban on conventional barren battery cages, which came into force on 1 January 2012, has had a major effect on the European egg market, with a reduction in the supply of legal eggs available for processing. BEPA, which represents the UK’s leading egg processors, says that the...
At the time of writing, Tuesday 6th March, the overall UK market has become exceptionally strong, continuing to reflect the current reduced availability of colony eggs and the typical seasonal uplift in demand. This is expected to be a temporary situation; as new colony units come on stream the availability shortfall will be corrected over the comi...
The Environment Agency has been accused of acting like Big Brother by pressuring hatcheries into enforcing IPPC rules on customers Hatcheries have been receiving letters from the Environment Agency, warning that they could face prosecution unless they ensure that customers who require an IPPC permit have, in fact, obtained one. Steve Carlyle of ...
Fridays have announced a major increase in the price they pay free range producers for the eggs. The packer’s producers have been told that prices are increasing by seven pence for very large, large, medium and small eggs and by 10 pence for seconds and farm seconds. Fridays said that increases would take effect from March 11. Free range ...
Free range egg producers need to see a significant and immediate increase in the price they receive to maintain supplies in the long-term, the NFU said today. Free range producers have struggled for 18 months amid a background of rising costs, low egg prices and oversupply in the free range market. However, since January 1 and the introduction ...
The Ranger now has the latest London wholesale market prices going back to 2005 in the Latest Market Data section on the website www.theranger.co.uk The wholesale prices for eggs have been increasing recently as the egg market tightens. This new feature gives Ranger readers the very latest wholesale prices weekly when they need it. The wholes...
The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has appointed NSF-CMi Certification as the new independent auditors for the Lion Code of Practice. NSF-CMi Certification will provide independent assessment and certification throughout the Lion scheme, encompassing the entire production chain including packing centres, laying farms, rearing farms, hatche...
At the time of writing, Friday 17th February very little has changed since my last report. The overall market still remains strong, reflecting the current on-going reduced availability of colony egg. This continues to be made worse by the fire at a major packer which has reduced their availability of colony egg. Sales through promotional acti...
The British Government is still refusing to ban imports of illegal battery eggs from other EU countries - even though another member state, the Czech Republic - has introduced its own embargo on conventional cage egg imports. A ban on the production of eggs in conventional laying cages came into force in the European Union on January 1 this year...
Conventional laying cages may have been officially outlawed under European Union regulations, but the RSPCA is now targeting the enriched colonies that have replaced them. The association says it is working towards the eradication of all cage systems. The RSPCA restated its opposition to all forms of laying cages in a statement that coincided wi...
Animal rights activists have released video footage which they say shows hens still being "crammed into cages" on French farms, despite the introduction of a ban on the use of conventional laying cages by the European Union. The regulation banning the use of conventional laying cages came into force with the Welfare of Laying Hens Dire...
New research has shown that eggs have the lowest carbon footprint of all the main protein foods. The research, which was commissioned by the Australian Egg Corporation (AECL), comes at a time when environmental impact is an increasingly important issue for major retailers. Food producers are being told to think more carefully about the environme...
Members of the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA) have been offering their thoughts on what constitutes a fair contract between an egg producer and a packer. The issue of fair contracts has, almost inevitably, become a popular subject for discussion since free range producers have found it increasingly difficult to make...
John Retson, chairman of the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA), has called for an increase in the prices paid to egg producers following reports that some major retailers have been hit by supply shortages. Last year John wrote to leading supermarkets warning of possible future egg shortages unless steps were taken to p...
I concluded my last month’s report by saying that I would update you on a variety of initiatives that your Council is considering to deal with low free range egg prices. Contracts, branding, rewards for information on illegal imports and other proposals were discussed. I have been instructed to continue work on the development of a range of ...
Poultry experts from Bristol University, funded by The Morrisons Farming Programme, examined health challenges facing the modern free range laying hen and identified where they think improvements could be made. The report suggested verandas for the birds and the early scrutiny of eggshells, which can reveal signs of stress and health problems...
Both the Soil Association and Organic Farmers & Growers are looking for reasons to be cheerful in the coming year, despite the continuing decline of organic egg sales over the last 12 months. Figures compiled by Kantar Worldpanel show that the market for organic eggs fell by nearly 12 per cent in the year to the end of October 2011. However, the...
What is thought to be the first major research study into the British breakfast has concluded that eggs are ideal for people who want to control their weight. The study has been conducted at Surrey University and the findings reflect the results of previous work conducted in the United States. However, the American research compared an egg break...
Tom Barron Limited has signed a deal with Novogen following a decision by Hendrix Genetics to put three breeds distributed by Tom Barron through its own subsidiary, Joice and Hill Poultry Ltd. Whilst Hendrix Genetics said in a statement that Tom Barron would continue as a contracted distributor, the company’s announcement revealed that fro...
At the time of writing, Monday 6th February, the overall market is stronger, reflecting the reduced availability of colony egg. This has been made worse by a fire at a major packer which has reduced their availability of colony egg and put pressure on the UK Lion market. The colony supply base is currently at a very low level, but this will progres...
The December chick figures showed the national flock was down to a more balanced figure of 32.1 million birds from a running total of 32.89 million birds the previous month and a far cry from the 35 million in January 2011. One may be excused for thinking the future for free range looks a bit rosier going forward. But a rise in prices mid year for ...
Steve Jobs, the visionary designer behind the Apple Mac computer, took his inspiration from eggs, according to a friend and colleague. Jobs, who died at the age of 56 in October after battling pancreatic cancer, was widely regarded as a creative genius. He was a co-founder of Apple, left amidst disagreements in 1985 but returned in 1996 to resto...
For the first time ever the Scottish free range egg industry have a conference which aims to focus on the issues affecting Scottish egg producers. Held at Scone Racecourse, Perth on Tuesday 6th March 2012. Registration starts at 9am with a full timetable of influential speakers. Adrian Ivory, the Farmers Weekly Young Farmer of the Year 2008 s...
The RSPCA is celebrating news that more than half the eggs produced in the UK are from non-caged hens for the first time. The latest figures released by Defra show that in 2011 51 per cent of Class A eggs were laid by hens which were not cooped-up in cruel cages – compared to just 14 per cent in 1995. Alice Clark a senior scientist from the...
The environmental impact of different broiler and egg production systems is set to come under the spotlight in a project funded by Defra LINK, Scottish Government and DARD Northern Ireland. As part of the next stage of the multi-partner project looking at how the poultry sector can produce food while impacting less on the environment, researche...
Following on from last years’ BFREPA meetings. Robert Gooch, BFREPA’s new Director of Policy, has organised open meetings throughout the UK for producers to discuss issues affecting the industry. Meetings are for members and non-members alike. A speaker from each local office of the AHVLA will be present to answer questions from pro...
Leaders of the United Kingdom egg industry reacted with dismay and anger after the Government announced it would not implement a unilateral ban on illegal cage eggs from other countries of the European Union. A European Union directive outlawing the use of conventional laying cages came into force on January 1, but whilst egg producers in this c...
The retail growth of free range eggs has stalled, according to figures produced at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference. Whilst free range has continued to drive growth in the retail egg market over the last 12 months, figures for September show free range growth stalled and fell back slightly, according to Andrew Joret, deputy chairman of th...
For the last two weeks, May futures wheat has traded at £145.50 plus or minus £1.00. Similarly maize and soya have mainly traded sideways over the same period. It is almost as if everyone is holding their breath – waiting for Eurozone news and Fridays USDA report. Apparently the funds that hold equities are in the same position, frightened to sell ...
Organic poultry farmers are being urged to carry on as normal after the European Commission announced it would not introduce immediate changes to monogastric feed and part-organic pullet regulations. The organic sector have been lobbying extensively over possible changes which would have had a devastating effect for the industry. The Commission ...
Delegates at the International Egg Commission Spring conference in Venice at the end of March heard the recurring theme from speaker that ’Trust’ is your most valuable asset. Successful businesses from all sectors, whether they be small or large have to be ’trusted’ by their customers to provide not just a safe, quality prod...
One hundred and ninety members from a total turnout of around 310 came to the ten Roadshows held around Britain over the last six weeks. The vast majority of the meetings were attended by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and the feedback offered by members will be fed back in detail to Council. Members’ opinions given on BFREPA’s polici...
In the early years of BFREPA, the AGM and Conference moved from venue to venue on an annual basis. For the last ten years or so the Conference was held at Stoneleigh Park. As the Free Range industry grew rapidly, Conference expanded from 250 delegates to over 500. The difficulties of the industry in the past two years has had an effect on number...
A British MEP has called for a complete ban on cage egg systems, including the new colony systems introduced to comply with the European Union battery cage ban. Keith Taylor, a member of the Green Party who represents Sussex and the South East in the European Parliament, says the EU ban on conventional cages does not go far enough. He said in a ...
Free range egg producers are being warned that the current boom in producer prices could be followed by another bust unless the egg industry exerts greater control over production. A mini-price war seems to have broken out amongst packers since the introduction of the European Union’s ban on conventional cages led to a shortage of eggs acr...
At the time of writing, Monday 30th April, the market in the UK remains surprisingly strong, reflecting the continuing high retail demand for colony egg products since Easter. This is despite the progressively improving position on colony egg availability. Packers continue to have low stocks, and the position should start to improve during May when...
A new buy British initiative will be launched at this year’s Pig and Poultry Fair later this month. Producers, processors and suppliers will be encouraged to promote the best of British food and farming as part of an initiative to boost sales of home-grown pork, poultry and eggs. The egg industry has already been encouraging consumers, ret...
Sterling lifted against $ during the week, but the main currency news related to the IMF begging bowl which was passed around looking for more contributions. Japan made a contribution, but will the UK, and will there be enough funds to address the increasing concern about the state of the Spanish economy? The bank of England admitted that it woul...
Demand for free range eggs has driven a huge increase in egg consumption in Australia over the last 12 months. Whilst figures held by the British Egg Industry Council show that egg consumption in this country increased by just one per cent in 2011, consumption in Australia increased by seven per cent. Retail sales of free range eggs increased by...
Noble Foods and Stonegate have both responded to recent moves in the egg market by announcing increases in producer prices. Noble’s wrote to their producers to say that prices would be increased by 10 pence a dozen for all producers and for all grades from March 17. The company’s previous announcement of a three pence increase on sec...
Changes following NFU poultry board elections The NFU poultry board is looking for a new chairman after Charles Bourns failed to win the 75 per cent majority required to be re-elected. Mr Bourns, who farms in Gloucestershire, became commodity board chairman in 2003 after five years as committee chairman. The process of electing a new chair...
The rising tension between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands has, apparently, resulted in a shortage of eggs on Britain’s South Atlantic outpost. On the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war between the two countries, the Argentinian president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has embarked on a war of words, restati...
The European Commission has admitted that its animal welfare rules are not working effectively. Its admission came as it unveiled a new animal welfare strategy for 2012 to 2015 and it followed the ineffective introduction of a ban on conventional laying cages that has left millions of hens throughout the EU still housed in illegal battery units and...
Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into suspected fake eggs in the latest food scare to hit the country. Nearly 3,000 eggs were seized by inspectors in the city of Leizhou in southern China’s Guangdong Province after a consumer who bought some of the eggs reported that his son had been taken ill. The eggs have been sent awa...
The British Egg Products Association (BEPA) is warning that the EU ban on conventional barren battery cages, which came into force on 1 January 2012, has had a major effect on the European egg market, with a reduction in the supply of legal eggs available for processing. BEPA, which represents the UK’s leading egg processors, says that the...
At the time of writing, Tuesday 6th March, the overall UK market has become exceptionally strong, continuing to reflect the current reduced availability of colony eggs and the typical seasonal uplift in demand. This is expected to be a temporary situation; as new colony units come on stream the availability shortfall will be corrected over the comi...
The Environment Agency has been accused of acting like Big Brother by pressuring hatcheries into enforcing IPPC rules on customers Hatcheries have been receiving letters from the Environment Agency, warning that they could face prosecution unless they ensure that customers who require an IPPC permit have, in fact, obtained one. Steve Carlyle of ...
Fridays have announced a major increase in the price they pay free range producers for the eggs. The packer’s producers have been told that prices are increasing by seven pence for very large, large, medium and small eggs and by 10 pence for seconds and farm seconds. Fridays said that increases would take effect from March 11. Free range ...
Free range egg producers need to see a significant and immediate increase in the price they receive to maintain supplies in the long-term, the NFU said today. Free range producers have struggled for 18 months amid a background of rising costs, low egg prices and oversupply in the free range market. However, since January 1 and the introduction ...
The Ranger now has the latest London wholesale market prices going back to 2005 in the Latest Market Data section on the website www.theranger.co.uk The wholesale prices for eggs have been increasing recently as the egg market tightens. This new feature gives Ranger readers the very latest wholesale prices weekly when they need it. The wholes...
The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has appointed NSF-CMi Certification as the new independent auditors for the Lion Code of Practice. NSF-CMi Certification will provide independent assessment and certification throughout the Lion scheme, encompassing the entire production chain including packing centres, laying farms, rearing farms, hatche...
At the time of writing, Friday 17th February very little has changed since my last report. The overall market still remains strong, reflecting the current on-going reduced availability of colony egg. This continues to be made worse by the fire at a major packer which has reduced their availability of colony egg. Sales through promotional acti...
The British Government is still refusing to ban imports of illegal battery eggs from other EU countries - even though another member state, the Czech Republic - has introduced its own embargo on conventional cage egg imports. A ban on the production of eggs in conventional laying cages came into force in the European Union on January 1 this year...
Conventional laying cages may have been officially outlawed under European Union regulations, but the RSPCA is now targeting the enriched colonies that have replaced them. The association says it is working towards the eradication of all cage systems. The RSPCA restated its opposition to all forms of laying cages in a statement that coincided wi...
Animal rights activists have released video footage which they say shows hens still being "crammed into cages" on French farms, despite the introduction of a ban on the use of conventional laying cages by the European Union. The regulation banning the use of conventional laying cages came into force with the Welfare of Laying Hens Dire...
New research has shown that eggs have the lowest carbon footprint of all the main protein foods. The research, which was commissioned by the Australian Egg Corporation (AECL), comes at a time when environmental impact is an increasingly important issue for major retailers. Food producers are being told to think more carefully about the environme...
Members of the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA) have been offering their thoughts on what constitutes a fair contract between an egg producer and a packer. The issue of fair contracts has, almost inevitably, become a popular subject for discussion since free range producers have found it increasingly difficult to make...
John Retson, chairman of the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA), has called for an increase in the prices paid to egg producers following reports that some major retailers have been hit by supply shortages. Last year John wrote to leading supermarkets warning of possible future egg shortages unless steps were taken to p...
I concluded my last month’s report by saying that I would update you on a variety of initiatives that your Council is considering to deal with low free range egg prices. Contracts, branding, rewards for information on illegal imports and other proposals were discussed. I have been instructed to continue work on the development of a range of ...
Poultry experts from Bristol University, funded by The Morrisons Farming Programme, examined health challenges facing the modern free range laying hen and identified where they think improvements could be made. The report suggested verandas for the birds and the early scrutiny of eggshells, which can reveal signs of stress and health problems...
Both the Soil Association and Organic Farmers & Growers are looking for reasons to be cheerful in the coming year, despite the continuing decline of organic egg sales over the last 12 months. Figures compiled by Kantar Worldpanel show that the market for organic eggs fell by nearly 12 per cent in the year to the end of October 2011. However, the...
What is thought to be the first major research study into the British breakfast has concluded that eggs are ideal for people who want to control their weight. The study has been conducted at Surrey University and the findings reflect the results of previous work conducted in the United States. However, the American research compared an egg break...
Tom Barron Limited has signed a deal with Novogen following a decision by Hendrix Genetics to put three breeds distributed by Tom Barron through its own subsidiary, Joice and Hill Poultry Ltd. Whilst Hendrix Genetics said in a statement that Tom Barron would continue as a contracted distributor, the company’s announcement revealed that fro...
At the time of writing, Monday 6th February, the overall market is stronger, reflecting the reduced availability of colony egg. This has been made worse by a fire at a major packer which has reduced their availability of colony egg and put pressure on the UK Lion market. The colony supply base is currently at a very low level, but this will progres...
The December chick figures showed the national flock was down to a more balanced figure of 32.1 million birds from a running total of 32.89 million birds the previous month and a far cry from the 35 million in January 2011. One may be excused for thinking the future for free range looks a bit rosier going forward. But a rise in prices mid year for ...
Steve Jobs, the visionary designer behind the Apple Mac computer, took his inspiration from eggs, according to a friend and colleague. Jobs, who died at the age of 56 in October after battling pancreatic cancer, was widely regarded as a creative genius. He was a co-founder of Apple, left amidst disagreements in 1985 but returned in 1996 to resto...
For the first time ever the Scottish free range egg industry have a conference which aims to focus on the issues affecting Scottish egg producers. Held at Scone Racecourse, Perth on Tuesday 6th March 2012. Registration starts at 9am with a full timetable of influential speakers. Adrian Ivory, the Farmers Weekly Young Farmer of the Year 2008 s...
The RSPCA is celebrating news that more than half the eggs produced in the UK are from non-caged hens for the first time. The latest figures released by Defra show that in 2011 51 per cent of Class A eggs were laid by hens which were not cooped-up in cruel cages – compared to just 14 per cent in 1995. Alice Clark a senior scientist from the...
The environmental impact of different broiler and egg production systems is set to come under the spotlight in a project funded by Defra LINK, Scottish Government and DARD Northern Ireland. As part of the next stage of the multi-partner project looking at how the poultry sector can produce food while impacting less on the environment, researche...
Following on from last years’ BFREPA meetings. Robert Gooch, BFREPA’s new Director of Policy, has organised open meetings throughout the UK for producers to discuss issues affecting the industry. Meetings are for members and non-members alike. A speaker from each local office of the AHVLA will be present to answer questions from pro...
Leaders of the United Kingdom egg industry reacted with dismay and anger after the Government announced it would not implement a unilateral ban on illegal cage eggs from other countries of the European Union. A European Union directive outlawing the use of conventional laying cages came into force on January 1, but whilst egg producers in this c...
The retail growth of free range eggs has stalled, according to figures produced at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference. Whilst free range has continued to drive growth in the retail egg market over the last 12 months, figures for September show free range growth stalled and fell back slightly, according to Andrew Joret, deputy chairman of th...
For the last two weeks, May futures wheat has traded at £145.50 plus or minus £1.00. Similarly maize and soya have mainly traded sideways over the same period. It is almost as if everyone is holding their breath – waiting for Eurozone news and Fridays USDA report. Apparently the funds that hold equities are in the same position, frightened to sell ...
Organic poultry farmers are being urged to carry on as normal after the European Commission announced it would not introduce immediate changes to monogastric feed and part-organic pullet regulations. The organic sector have been lobbying extensively over possible changes which would have had a devastating effect for the industry. The Commission ...
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