tonnes or 4.9 per cent short in its production of 21,300 tonnes. In contrast both pig link and early grower feed and pig starter and creep feed rose to record heights for the quarter. Pig link and early grower feed did so by climbing to 8,500 tonnes, a 1,200 tonnes or 16.4 per cent increase, whilst pig starter and creep feed did so by growing to 6,300 tonnes, a 900 tonnes or 16.7 per cent growth. Although not to a record level, pig growing feed also grew beyond the production of Q2 2018, with the 12,100 tonnes being the highest for the period this millennia and 1,100 tonnes or 10.0 per cent greater than from the corresponding period a year previously. Pig feed production for the first half of the year rose for the seventh
consecutive year to reach its highest output since 1998. The 115,300 tonnes produced was 2,500 tonnes or 2.2 per cent greater than its year earlier total and a sizeable 21,900 tonnes or 21.0 per cent higher than the ten year average for H1. Albeit that poultry feed in the second quarter of 2019 fell 8,700
tonnes or 4.0 per cent below its year earlier counterpart, the 210,400 tonnes was still the second highest return for the period since records began. The 10 year average was significantly surpassed by 21,900 tonnes or 11.0 per cent. Layer and breeder feed was the only poultry subsector to advance
beyond its year earlier output, doing so by 8,200 tonnes or 11.0 per cent to reach 82,700 tonnes and its highest ever level. However, all other subdivisions dropped below their respective 2018 returns. Broiler feed did so by 15,600 tonnes or 12.2 per cent to fall to 112,000
tonnes whilst chick rearing feed and turkey and other poultry feed decreased by 500 tonnes or 7.0 per cent and 700 tonnes or 7.1 per cent respectively, with the former slipping to 6,600 tonnes and the latter to 9,100 tonnes. Despite being 2,300 tonnes or 0.5 per cent lower than in the
first half of 2018, poultry feed production still reached its second ever highest total for the period at 426,800 tonnes. 2019’s total was also 54,300 tonnes or 13.6 per cent higher than the mean of the last 10 half year outputs. Second quarter sheep feed fell to its lowest levels since 2007,
the 11,400 tonnes of output was also the fourth lowest production rate on record. 2019’s total fell 5,400 tonnes or 32.1 per cent from the previous year’s Q2 total and was a significant proportion below the 10 year average for the time frame, sitting 4,800 tonnes or 34.8 per cent lower than the mean of 16,200 tonnes. Production was uniformly low amongst all components of sheep
feed manufacturing throughout Q2. At 2,400 tonnes, coarse mixes or blends for sheep fell to their lowest level since 2001 and 1,100 tonnes or 31.4 per cent below the second quarter output from a year previously. Not since 2002 had growing and finishing compounds for sheep fallen so low, with the 4,100 tonnes produced in this quarter 2,000 tonnes or 32.8 per cent beneath 2018’s return. A 2,300 tonnes or 31.9 per cent fall saw breeding sheep compounds drop to their lowest second quarter level for eight years of 4,900 tonnes. Half year sheep feed production fell to its lowest ever level in
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2019; the 37,100 tonnes of output was down from a year previously by over a quarter having fallen by 13,200 tonnes or 26.2 per cent. Furthermore, the current total was 10,200 tonnes or 24.2 per cent below the 10 year average for the period. Other feed in Q2 was only the second sector to surpass its
respective year earlier total, climbing to its highest level in six years. At 19,400 tonnes, 2019’s total was 2,500 tonnes or 14.8 per cent greater than 2018’s second quarter returns. The current total was slightly less in advance of the 10 year average of 17,200 tonnes, a 12.0 per cent or 2,200 tonnes difference between Q2 2019 and the long term average. In contrast with the general trend displayed throughout the first
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half of 2019 within Northern Irish feed production, other feed increased its outputs from year earlier levels by rising to its highest total since 2008 and the second largest on record. The 46,000 tonnes was 4,200 tonnes or 10.1 per cent greater the total from the corresponding period a year earlier and 5,300 tonnes or 12.2 per cent larger than the 10 year average for the period under review. The pattern displayed in both the second quarter and the first
half of the year as a whole were remarkably similar. The non-ruminant sectors performed extremely well compared to their year earlier counterparts, especially considering that 2018 feed production was at record levels in Northern Ireland, with pig feed, poultry feed and other feed all at historically high levels. In contrast cattle feed and sheep feed were at historically low levels, with sheep feed reaching its lowest ever output at the half year stage.
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