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Demand is a bit quieter, as is expected as all the pennies are being spent on Christmas goodies, there is possibly a bit of resistance on the wholesale markets to the higher prices.
There is also slightly more eggs available the spike in chick placing’s June/July are now coming into lay. There will probably be another 2 weeks of quieter demand, as long as nobody panics prices should hold up, but we don’t expect to see the big price drops as happened last year.
Avian Influenza, a lot of producers on the East coast are hoping that there are no further outbreaks as that should be the incubation period of any links over, but nobody should be complacent, tight Bio-Security.
We have included the piece from Wageningen University as it covers in greater detail what we were saying last week and that anybody with wet land areas nearby should be extra vigilant.
At the end of this report should be the details and speakers at Victoria Sandilands Perth conference on Injurious Feather pecking, this could be very important with potential legislation on nonbeak trimming.
