AS is currently the case with pig producers, poultry farmers are also having their margins squeezed by the soaring cost of feed and the reluctance of retailers to increase prices.
That has prompted the NFU for England and Wales, the British Poultry Council and the British Egg Industry Council to write a joint letter to retailers asking them to recognise the effect the latest rise in feed prices has had on the cost of poultry production.
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