Feed Production Update
By Ryan Mounsey
GREAT BRITAIN October Production Update Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the month of October 2022 declined by 38,100 tonnes or 3.5 per cent from the corresponding month a year previous to 1,060,000 tonnes of output. Furthermore, the total under review was 23,900 tonnes or 2.2 per cent down on the decade long average for the month. Total feed production during the month of October 2022 was made
up of: 45.0 per cent poultry feed, 31.7 per cent cattle and calf feed, 15.3 per cent pig feed, 4.2 per cent sheep feed, 1.5 per cent horse feed and 2.4 per cent other feed. A 15,000 tonnes or 3.0 per cent fall from a year earlier brought total
poultry feed production for October down to 476,900 tonnes. This was the third year in a row in which poultry feed production in the month under review had fallen below its year previous counterpart and was the lowest total for the period in six years. As a result, the current total was also 9,500 tonnes or 2.0 per cent below the 10 year average for October. Only the output of broiler chicken compounds was greater than in
the corresponding period a year earlier. The 167,400 tonnes produced was 5,500 tonnes or 3.4 per cent in excess of its counterpart; in contrast, integrated poultry unit production fell for the third October in succession to 162,700 tonnes, a decline of 2,400 tonnes or 1.5 per cent from 2021 levels. Turkey feed and chick rearing feed both fell sharply from year previous levels: the former dropped by 7,000 tonnes or 28.9 per cent to 17,200 tonnes, the lowest ever total for October; and the latter decreased by 3,300 tonnes or 27.7 per cent to 8,600 tonnes, its smallest output for the month under review since 2006. Layer compounds production fell for the second October in succession to 85,700 tonnes, a drop of 5,500 tonnes or 6.0 per cent. Finally, poultry breeding and rearing feed output declined by 2,200 tonnes or 8.3 per cent to 24,400 tonnes. It is worth noting that, as has been the case for the past year, there were no
production figures released for poultry protein concentrates or all other poultry compound subsectors. For the second consecutive year, total cattle and calf feed
production for October fell below its year earlier counterpart, in this instance, by 3,200 tonnes or 0.9 per cent to 336,100 tonnes. Output for the month under review was at its second lowest tonnage over the past decade, and was 13,200 tonnes or 3.9 per cent down on the 10 year average for October. Despite the small drop from the sector as a whole, cattle protein
concentrates production rose to its highest level since 1997 of 9,100 tonnes, an increase from a year previous of 700 tonnes or 8.3 per cent. The sector’s largest element, compounds for dairy cows, at 179,700 tonnes also bettered its year previous counterpart by 1,800 tonnes or 1.0 per cent; so too did blends for dairy cows, which rose by 1,800 tonnes or 2.8 per cent to 65,400 tonnes of output. These upturns were outweighed by the losses recorded in the remainder of the sector. All other cattle compounds output dropped to its lowest ever level for October of 45,000 tonnes, a decrease of 4,100 tonnes or 8.4 per cent from a year previous. Moreover, all other cattle blends production dropped by a considerable 2,600 tonnes or 11.7 per cent to 21,200 tonnes and total calf feed declined by 600 tonnes or 3.7 per cent to 15,700 tonnes. For the fifth month in succession, total pig feed production
failed to match its year previous total. October production in 2022, at 159,400 tonnes, was a substantial 20,200 tonnes or 11.2 per cent down on the output of a year earlier but was more or less in line with the decade long average for the month which it fell just 100 tonnes or 0.1 per cent below. All pig feed subsectors dropped significantly below their respective
year previous totals. Pig starters and creep feed and pig growing compounds both decreased to their lowest production levels for the month under review on record dropping by 600 tonnes or 14.0% to 3,700 tonnes and by 4,000 tonnes or 13.6 per cent to 25,400 tonnes respectively. Pig finishing compound production fell 10,800 tonnes or 10.7 per cent from the record high for the month a year previous to 90,300 tonnes whereas, pig breeding compounds, at 31,200 tonnes, had declined from its 2021 output by 3,800 tonnes or 10.9 per cent. Pig link and early grower feed output decreased from a year previous by 800 tonnes or 8.6 per cent to 8,500 tonnes and lastly, pig protein concentrate production halved to 300 tonnes of output. Total sheep feed was one of only two feed production sectors to
surpass its year previous return, rising to a record high 44,800 tonnes, an increase of 4,500 tonnes or 11.2 per cent. Moreover, the total under review was a significant 8,500 tonnes or 21.0 per cent in excess of the 10 year average for October. Both the compounds for growing and finishing sheep and blends
for growing and finishing sheep subsectors were at record high levels for the month. The former had risen from a year previous by 3,400 tonnes or 11.6 per cent to 32,700 tonnes and the latter by 800 tonnes or 15.7 per cent to 5,900 tonnes of output. At 1,400 tonnes of production, blends for breeding sheep had bettered its 2021 total by 100 tonnes or 7.7 per cent to rise to its highest level for the month since 2010. There was also a 100 tonnes or 2.4 per cent increase in compounds for breeding sheep, where output rose to 4,300 tonnes. Only sheep protein concentrates
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