HC Deb 23 November 1983 vol 49 c195W
Mr. Robert Atkins

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the current position on the price of cereal feedstuffs.

Mr. MacGregor

The ex-farm price of feed wheat is slightly above, and that of feed barley slightly below, the intervention price. These prices are relatively firmer than a year ago but well below the levels reached in the later months of last season.

With another very large harvest, and supplies coming on to the market at a more regular rate than last season, it seems probable that the sharp rise in prices that occurred last winter will be avoided this season.

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