The farmgate prices from 1995 up to 2006 for the listed commodities are shown in the following table. The prices for 2006 are provisional.
Commodity Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 20061 Pork p per kg 119 138 111 81 79 95 98 93 103 103 102 104 Beef p per kg 123 106 97 86 92 90 88 91 95 101 102 111 Lamb p per kg 236 283 239 192 180 196 n/a 233 271 263 250 262 Chicken p per kg 84 91 86 77 72 71 71 69 72 74 73 77 Milk2 p per litre 24.9 25.0 22.1 19.4 18.3 16.9 19.3 17.1 18.0 18.5 18.5 18.0 Eggs p per dozen 38 46 39 36 34 39 41 42 46 49 45 48 Apples —dessert £ per tonne 419 528 526 480 437 358 352 385 460 349 402 608 Apples —culinary £ per tonne 243 279 322 341 249 215 176 286 472 259 351 356 Carrots £ per tonne 190 158 107 142 139 104 131 115 120 111 132 140 Tomatoes £ per tonne 585 742 547 595 576 752 725 794 1042 751 871 993 Onions —dry £ per tonne 256 136 145 194 109 88 119 113 115 129 88 137 Onions £ per tonne 1,318 1,153 1,261 1,204 1,130 1,126 1,360 1,293 1,270 1,252 1,242 1,314 Potatoes £ per tonne 188 100 66 122 119 83 111 81 103 117 99 124 Cabbages —spring £ per tonne 310 329 302 316 311 290 454 290 337 315 324 289 Cabbages —summer £ per tonne 239 173 189 231 225 289 257 225 253 254 258 274 Cabbages —winter £ per tonne 179 220 158 182 179 151 169 199 225 217 184 179 Milling wheat £ per tonne 120 122 101 84 81 74 82 71 83 86 73 83 Feed wheat £ per tonne 110 111 89 75 73 66 75 63 75 76 66 78 n/a = not available 1 Provisional 2 Including bonus Source: Agriculture in the United Kingdom, DEFRA publication; MLC for pork, beef and lamb.