behind in year to date terms, the trend is one of steady, yet significant growth in Great British feed production.
NORTHERN IRELAND Third Quarter and Year to Date Review Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the third quarter of 2018 reached record levels for the time frame, increasing by a significant 52,300 tonnes or 9.6 per cent from the year earlier total, to 599,900 tonnes. Additionally 2018’s quarter 3 production exceeded the 10 year average for the period by 113,000 tonnes or 23.2 per cent. This brought the year to date total production to 1,935,200 tonnes which is, once again, a record for the period. 2018’s total surpassed the output of the first nine months of 2017 by 159,600 tonnes or 9.0 per cent and in addition, stood 334,800 tonnes or 20.9 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the same time span. Total feed production during quarter three was made up of: 48.7
per cent cattle and calf feed, 36.5 per cent poultry feed, 10.2 per cent pig feed, 2.6 per cent other feed and 2.0 per cent sheep feed. Total feed production in the year to date was made up of: 51.4 per
cent cattle and calf feed, 33.5 per cent poultry feed, 9.0 per cent pig feed, 3.2 per cent sheep feed and 3.0 per cent other feed. Third quarter cattle and calf feed production, at 292,400 tonnes,
outperformed the previous record set a year earlier by a total of 19,000 tonnes or 7.0 per cent. The 10 year average for the quarter was also comprehensively outstripped by a total of 58,800 tonnes or 25.2 per cent. September’s production figures increased the year to date cattle and calf production to 993,700 tonnes, another record high for the period. 2018’s total to date also surpassed its year earlier counterpart
by 87,500 tonnes or 9.7 per cent and the 10 year average for the first three quarters of the year by 186,700 tonnes or 23.1 per cent. 61,100 tonnes of pig feed was produced in the months July through
September; whilst this total was a substantial 7,500 tonnes or 14.0 per cent in excess of the 53,600 tonnes produced in the same period a year earlier, it was not enough to better the record high set in the third quarter of 1997. Furthermore, Q3 output of pig feed was 15,800 tonnes or 34.9 per cent superior to the 10 year average for the quarter. Year to date pig feed production fell behind not only 1997 but also 1998 production. Nevertheless, 2018’s total did surpass the year earlier equivalent by 9,000 tonnes or 5.5 per cent and the 10 year average for the timeframe by a considerable 40,700 tonnes or 30.6 per cent. Following three notably strong months of output, third quarter
poultry feed production was at record levels in 2018. The 219,200 tonnes of production outpaced year earlier efforts by a margin of 25,300 tonnes or 13.1 per cent and the previous record, set four years earlier, by 21,200 tonnes or 10.7 per cent. The 10 year average for Q3, of 184,700 tonnes, was also bettered by 34,500 tonnes or 18.7 per cent. The culmination of quarter three brought the year to date total to 648,300 tonnes, improving upon the year earlier output, and previous record for the period, by 54,600 tonnes or 9.2 per cent. The 10 year average was also outstripped by a sizable 101,200 tonnes or 18.5 per cent. Total sheep feed achieved record output in the third quarter of
2018; the 11,900 tonnes produced during the term was enough to eclipse the 10,100 tonnes reported a year earlier, doing so by 1,800 tonnes or 17.8 per cent. 2018’s Q3 total also sat 2,800 tonnes or 30.8 per cent above the 10 year average for the quarter of 9,100 tonnes. Although year to date levels were not at record heights, having failed to have surpassed the 70,000 tonnes accumulated in 2013, the 62,600 tonnes amassed was enough to improve upon the previous year’s output for the period by a total of 8,400 tonnes or 15.6 per cent. However, the 10 year average was not surpassed by such a significant margin, with 2018’s total bettering it by 4,600 tonnes or 8.0 per cent. Third quarter other feed was the only sector to fall below its year
earlier levels. The 15,300 tonnes of output was not enough to improve on the 16,500 tonnes posted in 2017, falling 1,200 tonnes and 7.3 per cent below it. However, the 10 year average for the period was surpassed by 1,400 tonnes or 10.1 per cent. Additionally, thanks to a strong first quarter performance, year to date other feed output, at 57,100 tonnes, matched the levels achieved at this point a year earlier. This total also advanced 1,900 tonnes or 3.4 per cent beyond the 10 year average for the timespan. Despite a fall from year previous levels in third quarter other feed,
a record amount of feed was produced during Q3 of 2018. Additionally, each of the individual sectors’ production for the year so far managed to surpass the respective totals for 2017, resulting in a record for the year to date and putting 2018 firmly on course to be the highest year of production recorded in Northern Ireland. Whilst the drought conditions experienced in July need to be taken into account, especially when the ruminant sectors figures are looked at, it would be hard to argue that this was the only factor in the growth in feed production seen in this quarter given the general long term trend of expansion in Northern Irish feed production.
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