date:Aug 26, 2014
nts in feeding costs. Comparing feed costs now with those of late March 2013, the last time producer prices were at current levels, shows a 45 per cent decline for wheat and barley prices and a 12 per cent decline for soyameal.
Taking a longer-term view, UK sow slaughterings have been 3 per cent lower in the first seven months of 2014, compared with a marginal contraction of the UK sow herd reported in December.
This suggests that producers are rebuilding herds to take advantage of the better