Market trends: Poor weather drives prices

Wholesale egg prices made further gains last month, shrugging off the high level of chick placings, the post–Christmas doldrums, and the reappearance of imports from Europe after the Fipronil crisis. The extreme weather in the first week of March sharpened an already strong market, and both colony and free range sectors remained “very tight”, said the Central Egg Agency. Prices for colony eggs were up 5p/doz on all sizes except small, while free range were up 10p/doz across the board. “