Summer lull threatens egg price given record UK flock

Egg supplies are starting to weigh more heavily on the market as it moves into the summer season. Wholesale prices for both colony and free range have come under pressure over the past couple of months, and this is likely to continue for a while. The 6-month period from April through to September is expected to see output running at a record level (see chart), in the wake of the latest surge in day old pullet placings which began last October. At the Central Egg Agency, headline prices for co