2017 Production Overview - Great Britain With the publication of figures for December, data for the production of compounds, blends and concentrates in Great Britain is now available for the entirety of 2017. Total feed output for the year 2017 amounted to 13,753,600
tonnes, 443,400 tonnes or 3.3 per cent greater than the year-end figures for 2016, meaning that for the third consecutive year a record level of production has been achieved (since records in their current format began in 1992). The year’s total is also 897,520 tonnes or 6.8 per cent greater than the 10 year average of total feed production. Cattle and calf feed and sheep feed saw the biggest percentage
rises in production during 2017 at 7.2 and 6.6 per cent respectively. Cattle and calf feed grew to 4,224,200 tonnes, only falling short of 2013’s record level and standing at 5.6 per cent above the 10 year average for the sector. Sheep feed also only came in behind 2013 levels but output totalled 825,300 tonnes, 50,800 tonnes more than 2016 and 8.8 per cent or 69,300 tonnes higher than the 10 year average for sheep feed production. While growth of pig feed in 2017 was steadier, at only 0.3 per
Feed Sector
Total Feedingstuffs Cattle and Calf Pig
Poultry (Including IPUs)
Sheep Other
2017 Total Production (Tonnes)
13,753,600 4,224,200 1,825,000 6,244,400
825,300 450,900
Northern Ireland Production Update On 26th
2016 Total Production (Tonnes)
13,310,200 3,938,800 1,819,200 6,146,000
774,500 445,500
cent compared to 2016, it did surpass the 10 year average by 177,400 tonnes or 10.2 per cent. Despite this, a total tonnage of 1,825,000 in 2017 fell a long way behind the levels achieved throughout the 1990s. Poultry feed (including IPUs) and other feed production saw
similar rates of growth in 2017 at 1.6 and 1.2 per cent a piece. Poultry feed production amounted to 6,244,400 tonnes, 98,400 tonnes greater than 2016 and a more substantial 5.7 per cent or 345,980 tonnes above the 10 year average. At 450,900 tonnes, other feed production was 5,400 tonnes over 2016 output and 56,420 tonnes or 13.3 per cent greater than its 10 year average. All component sectors of feed production in Great Britain grew
from year earlier outputs in 2017 leading to another record year of production. For the past three years the tonnage produced has been at record levels and had 2014 not dipped slightly behind 2013 yields then it would have been a five year trend. This, along with the significant increases in outputs from all sectors when compared to the last 10 years, paints a very healthy picture of the feed industry. Hopefully 2018 can follow the same trend.
2016 to 2017
Percentage Change (%)
+3.3 +7.2 +0.3 +1.6
+6.6 +1.2
10 Year Average Production (Tonnes)
12,856,080 3,993,300 1,647,600 5,878,420
756,000 394,480
2017 as a
Percentage of 10 Year Average (%)
106.8 105.5 110.2 105.7
108.8 113.3
January, Daera released the animal feed statistics in Northern
Ireland for the month of October 2017. Later figures were meant to be released on the 2nd
February but at the time of writing, at the end of
that month, these had not been published. Production of compounds, blends and concentrates in Northern
Ireland during October, at 202,600 tonnes, was 13,900 tonnes or 7.4 per cent higher than in the same month a year earlier and the highest level for October since 2013. This month’s total brought the year to date output to 1,979,300 tonnes, 174,400 tonnes or 9.7 per cent greater than at this point in 2016. Production of feed for cattle and calves, at 108,300 tonnes, was
up by 12,700 tonnes or 13.3 per cent compared to October 2016 and constituted 53.5 per cent of total feed output as opposed to 50.1 per cent in 2016. Cattle and calf feed production for January to October 2017 stands at 1,014,200 tonnes, 110,900 tonnes or 12.3 per cent higher than in the same period a year earlier. Total pig feed production, at 18,900 tonnes in October 2017,
rose slightly by 4.4 per cent or 800 tonnes from the same period a year earlier. Production of feed for pigs amounted to 9.3 per cent of total feed output for the month of October in 2017 compared to 9.6 per
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cent in the October a year earlier. Pig feed output during the first 10 months of 2017 was 183,900 tonnes, 8.8 per cent or 14,900 tonnes greater than through the same period in 2016. At 64,500 tonnes, production of poultry feed in Northern Ireland
during October was down 1,000 tonnes or 1.5 per cent compared to the same month of 2016. Poultry feed production accounted for 31.8 per cent of the total feed produced in October 2017, a lower proportion than the 34.7 per cent in October 2016. Between January and October 2017, poultry feed production stood at 659,500 tonnes, a 7.0 per cent or 43,000 tonne increase on the same period in 2016. A 25 per cent rise in sheep feed output saw production grow by
800 tonnes to 4,000 tonnes for the month. This constituted 2.0 per cent of total feed production in October, up from 1.7 per cent in the same month in 2016. During the first 10 months of 2017 sheep feed in Northern Ireland totalled 57,700 tonnes, 7.6 per cent or 4,100 tonnes greater than during the same period a year earlier. Despite poultry feed production not surpassing October 2016 levels,
all feed producing sectors have increased their year to date outputs significantly at this point. 2017, therefore, looks on course to be a record year for feed production in Northern Ireland, arresting the gradual slide in tonnage levels since the output reached 2,319,300 tonnes in 2013.
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