HC Deb 24 June 1968 vol 767 cc27-8W
Mr. Thorpe

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish the latest average price per ton for animal feedingstuffs, indicating how much the price has increased since devaluation.

Mr. Hoy

The weighted average of the ex-mill prices collected by my Department for the three main types of compound animal feedingstuffs in November, 1967, and May, 1968, were as follows:

November, 1967 November, 1968
(per ton) (per ton)
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cattle and calf … 37 2 0 39 2 10
Pig … 35 9 9 37 2 4
Poultry … 36 12 6 38 14 0