Farming Matters!
- Facts and Figures.
Prices - August 2007
Grain:
£ per tonne ex farm
| Cereals | This week | Last week | A year ago |
| Feed wheat - for animals | 129.0 | 117.40 | 72.30 |
| Milling wheat - for bread | 151.90 | 137.90 | 80.30 |
| Feed barley - for animals | 122.30 | 113.30 | 64.60 |
Oilseed rape, peas and beans:
£ per tonne ex farm
| Crop | This week | Last week | A year ago |
| Oil seed rape | 194.50 | 190.10 | 160.10 |
| Feed peas - for animals | 140.10 | 136.70 | 80.20 |
| Feed beans - for animals | 143.40 | 138.6 | 80.10 |
Potatoes:
Average main crop
£ per tonne ex farm - w/e 3/08/07
| This week | Last week | A year ago |
| 129.30 | 135.10 | 142.20 |
Livestock:
Prices in pence per kilo deadweight
| . | This week | Last week | A year ago |
| Finished cattle | 211.6p | 209.5p | 204.9p |
| Finished pigs | 110.0p | 109.9p | 108.3p |
| Finished lambs | 259.2p | 254.0p | 242.8p |
The bright spots are:-
- The swift response by the Governent looks as though it might have contained the outbreak of Foot and Mouth. The suspect case near Dorking has proved to be negative.Allowing animals to move direct to abattoir is good for those with finished animals, provided that the prices are not depressed. Hopefully other restrictions will be able to be eased in the near future.
- There continues to be strong interest in local food. A growing awareness of the impact of food miles is good news for local producers.
VEB August 07