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Written question asked by Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 January 2012. It was answered by James Paice (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Agricultural Products: Prices

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the annual percentage change in farm gate prices was for (a) milk, (b) beef, (c) sheep meat, (d) pig meat, (e) chicken and (f) wheat in each year since 1990.
Answer

The following tables show the annual UK prices (GB for sheep) and percentage change since the previous year for each commodity. The prices shown are actual prices and have not been adjusted for inflation:

Milk (pence per litre)¹ Milk percentage change Finished cattle (p/kg liveweight)² Cattle percentage change Sheep meat (p/kg)³ Sheep meat percentage change
1990 18.5 — 106.3 — 174.5 —
1991 19.9 8 106.9 1 148.2 -15
1992 21.0 6 109.6 3 182.1 23
1993 22.0 5 128.0 17 219.0 20
1994 22.4 2 121.7 -5 236.9 8
1995 24.9 11 123.2 1 236.4 0
1996 25.0 0 105.5 -14 283.1 20
1997 22.1 -12 96.9 -8 239.0 -16
1998 19.4 -12 86.1 -11 192.5 -19
1999 18.3 -6 92.1 7 180.3 -6
2000 16.9 -8 89.8 -2 196.4 9
2001 19.3 14 87.5 -3 — —
2002 17.1 -11 91.4 4 233.4 —
2003 18.0 5 95.2 4 271.1 16
2004 18.5 3 101.2 6 262.6 -3
2005 18.5 0 102.2 1 250.0 -5
2006 18.0 -3 110.6 8 258.5 3
2007 20.7 15 112.3 2 236.8 -8
2008 25.9 25 144.8 29 297.6 26
2009 23.7 -8 154.6 7 360.4 21
2010 (provisional) 24.7 4 147.2 -5 389.3 8
¹ Farmgate price of milk including bonus payments—pence per litre.
² Finished cattle (All prime cattle)—pence per kg liveweight
³ Finished sheep (GB prices)—pence per kg estimated dressed carcase weight
Source:
Agriculture in the United Kingdom
Pig meat (p/kg)¹ Pig meat percentage change Chicken (p/kg)² Chicken percentage change Feed wheat (£/tonne) Feed wheat percentage change
1990 — — 87.0 — 106.0 —
1991 102.4 — 81.2 -7 117.1 10
1992 115.1 12 83.0 2 117.9 1
1993 103.0 -11 87.4 5 117.4 0
1994 99.6 -3 87.4 0 102.4 -13
1995 118.8 19 84.2 -4 110.2 8
1996 137.7 16 91.0 8 111.0 1
1997 110.8 -20 86.2 -5 89.0 -20
1998 80.7 -27 76.7 -11 75.0 -16
1999 78.5 -3 72.1 -6 73.0 -3
2000 94.2 20 70.5 -2 65.9 -10
2001 97.8 4 71.0 1 70.7 7
2002 93.3 -5 69.7 -2 67.0 -5
2003 102.7 10 72.2 4 68.7 3
2004 102.9 0 74.1 3 77.8 13
2005 102.9 0 73.2 -1 66.4 -15
2006 104.2 1 71.9 -2 71.7 8
2007 107.1 3 77.4 8 99.0 38
2008 126.3 18 97.5 26 126.6 28
2009 145.7 15 101.3 4 107.8 -15
2010 (provisional) 141.7 -3 104.3 3 112.6 4
¹ Clean pigs—pence per kg deadweight.
² Chicken and other table fowls—pence per kg carcase weight.
Source:
Agriculture in the United Kingdom

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92930; 539 c665-8W
Session
2010-12
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Prices Agricultural products
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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