Chunk price up for fourth month in a row

The price for pork chunks in March was 23,70 euros per 100 kilos. That is a plus of 20 cents compared to February. The price of March is the same as the price of February last year. In the meantime, there has been some price relief.

Sow pellet pregnancy increases by 15 cents to 23,25 euros per 100 kilos. Sow chunk lakto has a plus of 10 cents and is therefore worth 27,95 euros. Baby piglet pellet is worth 34,65 euros in March. That's an increase of 15 cents. Starter/transition grain also increases by 15 cents to 27,60 euros per 100 kilos. 

Commodity prices provide relief 
The feed market has been on the rise across the board since November. The upward trend is expected to continue for a number of months. There may be some price relief from the third quarter onwards. The feed market usually responds, with some delay, to movements in raw material prices.

The soybean price on the CBoT in Chicago has been downgraded by $ 40 since the end of February. Wednesday, April 5, the closing price was $346,95 per tonne. The lowest level in more than a year. The price drop is a result of large area measurements before harvest van 2017.Wheat on the Matif has also been mainly on the rise since November. There too, the trend has reversed since mid-March. Yesterday, April 5, the closing price was 164 euros. The lowest level since November.