The good news for employees is two-fold: they will see stability in staying with the same provider and they will not be affected by the 5.5% increase in cost.
The good news for employees is two-fold: they will see stability in staying with the same provider and they will not be affected by the 5.5% increase in cost.
Wheat, the key feed for gamebirds, has continued to rise in price as the war in Ukraine enters a new phase. Feed typically makes up just under a quarter of the cost of each bird and is the second most important cost per bird after the cost of buying the poult. The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, which tracks wheat prices across the country, has been recording prices around £300 per tonne for feed wheat in most parts of the UK for several weeks. This was already a rise of £100 per tonne in the last six months. However the publication of a key report from the US Department of Agriculture was followed by another jump in price with UK feed wheat prices now averaging £312 per tonne. Scotland, which produces relatively small amounts of wheat, has seen particularly high increases with prices now at £325 per tonne. This represents a tripling of the price of wheat in five years. Most shoots will buy their wheat from so called ‘new crop’ supplies after harvest. ‘Fut
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