§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average on-farm selling price of wheat in the United Kingdom for each of the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 to date.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows:
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Weighted average ex-farm price of wheat in the United Kingdom £/tonne) Year 1979 95.92 1980 99.30 1981 108.92 1982 113.74 1983 124.81 The average for January to September 1984, the latest period for which detailed data are available, is £119.60. For the year as a whole, I expect the average price to be lower as a result of low prices since the 1984 harvest. The weighted average ex-farm price of wheat for the week ending 6 December was £109.03 per tonne.