date:Dec 26, 2012
e first three weeks of December is now on target to set the highest average weekly intake for the year which is set for the history books as one of the unusual features of the 2012 trade.
It is now obvious that producers had targeted finishing larger numbers for the pre-Christmas trade in anticipation of tighter supplies. While it had appeared to have been a reasonable bet with the predictions last Autumn, the much stronger than expected trend in that direction has acted against the interest o