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The market a bit shell shocked after last week’s AI news but settling down again, there are not a lot of large about, in fact getting tight with Ex Large close behind, but sufficient Mediums for demand.
Our schools are down with England and Wales about to follow which does affect the demand for Medium.
German prices are well back which has pulled Dutch prices back, Germany with its usual efficiency have gone on holiday on mass, but not to Greece.
The announcement that Germany would commence a ban on beak trimming starting in August 2016 gives us that feeling in the back of the neck, especially the statement that they do not wish their industry to be disadvantaged and want a standardisation of welfare throughout the EU, with Westminster talking of renegotiating our position in the EU, we wonder if our industry will be one of the pawns with the German negotiations as they appear to be the political power house of Europe.
AI the initial panic has settled a bit but it is not over yet, DEFRA appear to have curtailed the outbreak, but with our highly integrated industry and feed wagons now running 24 hours a day it is still worrying times and will be for the next few weeks.
DEFRA will be desperate to try and find the source as there is no logical connection, it was the Free Range production which had the 20% mortality, but DEFRA decided to cull the entire site, 170,000 hens.
It is your own Bio-Security that is the most important factor in disease/viral infection, if you have a sudden increase in mortality or hear of one, get straight on to your egg inspector, they are the first contact and know exactly what action to take.
The USA is holding a conference/post mortem on the effects AI has had on their industry and how to try and prevent a reoccurrence, we will hopefully hear the details after the event so that we can learn from their problems, as AI is a world problem.
Should we in this country be thinking of organising a similar conference, as prevention is better than cure?
