Food: Prices Mr. Paice To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the farmgate price of (a) apples, (b) beef, (c) cabbages, (d) carrots, (e) chicken, (f) eggs, (g) lamb, (h) onions, (i) pork, (j) potatoes, (k) tomatoes, (l) wheat and (m) milk was in each year since 1995. Barry Gardiner 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 available1 Provisional2 Including bonusSource:Agriculture in the United Kingdom, DEFRA publication; MLC for pork, beef and lamb.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------