per cent below both the mean and the year previous total. A 300 tonnes or 30.0 per cent increase in breeding sheep


compounds to 1,300 tonnes could not make up for the 600 tonnes or 37.5 per cent decline from 2018 in growing and finishing sheep compounds which has fallen to 1,000 tonnes. Finally, coarse mixes or blends for sheep suffered a drop of 100 tonnes down to 600 tonnes. In contrast with the general trend displayed within the month,


total other feed not only surpassed the year earlier output but rose to record heights. The 6,900 tonnes produced stood 1,000 tonnes over the previous record and bettered the previous year’s total by 1,400 tonnes or 25.5 per cent. The 10 year average for the month of 5,000 tonnes was also significantly exceeded by 1,900 tonnes or 38.0 per cent. In contrast with the pattern of production displayed across the


other two months making up the second quarter (where non-ruminant production performed well whereas the ruminant sectors dropped below both year earlier production and long term averages) in June, all sectors except other feed declined significantly. However, as will be seen in the analysis below, this did not have a marked effect on the pattern displayed across Q2 and the year to date.


Second Quarter and First Half Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the second quarter of 2019 amounted to 575,900 tonnes. With all the months making up the period falling below their year earlier levels, the total was 44,500 tonnes or 7.2 per cent lower than the record production for the quarter amassed in 2018. However, along with 2018’s total, only the second quarter of 2013 saw a higher production rate than in the current year. 2019’s total is also a significant 40,600 tonnes or 7.6 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the timeframe. Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during


the first six months of 2019 amounted to 1,266,100 tonnes; whilst this was the second highest total for the period ever recorded it was nevertheless, 69,200 tonnes or 5.2 per cent lower than the production output at the same stage a year earlier. The current total was, however, a considerable 9.5 per cent or 114,700 tonnes greater than the 10 year average for feed production in the first half of a year. Total feed production during the first quarter of 2019 was made up


of: 48.3 per cent cattle and calf feed, 31.4 per cent poultry feed, 8.5 per cent pig feed, 3.9 per cent other feed and 3.7 per cent sheep feed. Total feed production during the first half of 2019 was made up of:


50.6 per cent cattle and calf feed, 33.7 per cent poultry feed, 9.1 per cent pig feed, 3.6 per cent other feed and 2.9 per cent sheep feed. The record output for Q2 cattle and calf feed, posted a year


earlier, of 312,800 tonnes was significantly higher than the levels amassed in the second quarter of the current year which, at 278,200 tonnes, was 34,600 tonnes or 11.1 per cent below it. The quarter under review stood up more favourably when compared to the long term average, despite being the fifth lowest total of the last 10 years 2019’s total was 10,700 tonnes or 3.9 per cent greater than the decade long average for the period.


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With the exception of all other cattle compounds, which remained


steady at 1,600 tonnes, all sub sectors of cattle and calf feed fell below the totals achieved in the same period a year previously. Dairy cow compounds had fallen 7,000 tonnes or 4.8 per cent to 138,600 tonnes whilst both dairy coarse mixes or blends and beef coarse mixes and blends also fell dramatically, the former by 8,100 tonnes or 14.7 per cent and the latter by 10,900 tonnes or 19.1 per cent to hit 47,200 tonnes and 46,200 tonnes respectively. Beef cattle compounds dropped at a similar rate of 19.4 per cent or 6,900 tonnes to 28,700 tonnes and finally, other calf compounds at 15,800 tonnes, had fallen by 1,500 tonnes or 8.7 per cent when compared to the same quarter a year earlier. At 640,900 tonnes, cattle and calf feed production from the first


half of 2019 was a considerable 60,400 tonnes or 8.6 per cent lower than the levels amassed a year previously at this juncture, which, it is worth noting, were at record levels for the period. In contrast, 2019’s return was 43,400 tonnes or 7.0 per cent in advance of the 10 year average for the timeframe. Not since 1998 has there been a more prolific second quarter


for Northern Irish pig feed production, the 56,500 tonnes amassed was 1,800 greater than the output for the same timeframe a year earlier, an increase of 3.3 per cent. 2019’s total is also a considerable 10,600 tonnes or 20.7 per cent in advance of the 10 year average for the quarter. Despite the high output from the sector overall, pig breeding feed


fell by 600 tonnes to 8,200 tonnes; pig breeding feed also failed to attain the output reached in the second quarter of 2018, falling 1,100


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