To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 June 2007, Official Report, columns 2086-88W, on agricultural products: prices, what the farmgate price was of each product; and where there is no equivalent farmgate price, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that such a comparative analysis is available. (147587)

The answer of 19 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1665-66W, provided the farmgate prices for the nearest equivalent products to those for which retail prices were given in the answer of 21 June 2007, Official Report, columns 2086-88W.

There was a close match for many of the items. The nearest equivalent farmgate products for meat cuts are deadweight whole animals. The nearest equivalent farmgate product for flour is milling wheat. Farmgate prices for eggs by size category are not published because of a risk of disclosure of confidential information.

Agriculture in the United Kingdom (Table 7.2 in the 2006 edition) provides an analysis of farmers share of a basket of food items.