HC Deb 28 June 1965 vol 715 cc13-4W
Mr. Henry Clark

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish figures of the relative cost of animal feeding stuffs to farmers in England and in Northern Ireland in the current year, and a comparison with the last five years.

Mr. Hoy

It is estimated that the average prices to farmers of compound feeding stuffs and straight concentrates, priced ex-mill or ex-merchant's store and weighted proportionately to the usage of the various types, for the current and previous five years were as follows:

Great Britain Northern Ireland
Compounds Straights Compounds Straights
per ton) per ton)
1964–65 (provisional) 35.4 28.9 34.9 29.3
1963–64 34.8 28.1 33.4 29.4
1962–63 33.8 27.9 32.2 27.8
1961–62 32.4 27.7 31.6 26.8
1960–61 32.2 26.5 31.2 26.2
1959–60 33.2 27.3 31.5 27.1