MARKETS: Fipronil supports wholesale prices through summer

Things have remained on a largely even keel during the past 4 weeks of the summer, carrying the UK market through one of the most challenging times of the year. It was ‘helped’ by the Dutch egg crisis with around 200 units placed on lock down for more than a fortnight, creating a hole in supplies across the EU which in turn supported prices in the UK. With schools returning and the trade now entering the long run up to Christmas, traders will be hoping that the market remains firm and st