On the other hand, growing and finishing compounds for sheep actually bettered its year previous total by 200 tonnes or 14.3 per cent as it rose to 1,600 tonnes. Only in 2009 had more other feed been produced in the month of September, the 6,500 tonnes for the month under review was 500 tonnes or 8.3 per cent greater than the total a year previously. The average of the past 10 Septembers was also surpassed by a total of 800 tonnes or 14.3 per cent.
Despite all sectors falling below year earlier levels, with the exception of other feed, the divide between the non-ruminant and ruminant sectors was still clearly apparent, as it has been throughout the year. The drop below the long term average witnessed in cattle and calf feed production and to a much greater extent, in the sheep feed sector, indicate a relatively weak performance. However, the production of pig and poultry feed both remain at historically strong levels. The release of the September figures brought the third quarter to a close and this is analysed below.
Third Quarter Overview
Production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the third quarter of 2019 amounted to 549,700 tonnes. Despite a reduction in output of 50,200 tonnes or 8.4 per cent when compared to the corresponding period a year earlier, 2019’s Q3 total was the second highest on record and only the fifth time in history that third quarter production has exceeded 500,000 tonnes. Although, a significant shortfall was seen in comparison to 2018’s return, July’s output in 2019 markedly outstripped all previous years but these production rates were not maintained in the following two months. 2019’s total did, however, surpass the 10 year average for the quarter under review, doing so by 47,100 tonnes or 9.0 per cent.
Total feed production during the third quarter of 2019 was made up of: 45.7 per cent cattle and calf feed, 38.4 per cent poultry feed, 11.2 per cent pig feed, 3.4 per cent other feed and 1.3 per cent sheep feed. At 251,400 tonnes, total cattle and calf feed had slipped to its lowest level for the quarter in three years. Production was a sizeable 41,000 tonnes or 14.0 per cent less than in the record breaking third quarter a year earlier with every month in the quarter falling below its equivalent from a year previously. Thanks in no small part to significantly smaller outputs at the beginning of the decade, 2019’s third quarter return was 9,300 tonnes or 3.8 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the period.
Apart from all other cattle compounds and protein concentrates for cattle and calves, which both remained equal to their 2018 totals at 1,000 and 200 tonnes respectively, all other components of cattle and calf feed fell below year earlier levels. Having dropped from the levels seen in 2018 by over a quarter, production of beef coarse mixes or blends was at its lowest ever level with the 40,700 tonnes of output, a reduction of 14,600 tonnes or 26.4 per cent. Beef cattle compounds also fell by more than a quarter, doing so by 9,600 tonnes or 25.9 per cent, slumping to 27,500 tonnes. Dairy cow compounds witnessed a significant fall of 11,600 tonnes or 8.3 per cent, down to 125,900 tonnes
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as did other calf compounds whose output decreased by 2,100 tonnes or 12.8 per cent, down to 14,300 tonnes. The sector was rounded off by a 3,000 tonnes decline in dairy coarse mixes or blends production, which fell by 6.7 per cent to 41,900 tonnes. Pig feed was one of only two sectors whose third quarter returns surpassed year earlier levels, albeit by a very small margin. 2019’s total of 61,300 tonnes was 200 tonnes or 0.3 per cent greater than 2018’s Q3 output and was the second highest total for the period on record. The current total was also 13,000 tonnes or 23.7 per cent higher than the 10 year average for the quarter of 48,300 tonnes. In contrast with the general upward trend displayed from pig feed in this quarter, numerous subsectors dropped below their year previous outputs. Pig breeding feed and pig growing feed dropped by similarly small amounts of 600 and 500 tonnes respectively, with the former falling to 8,500 tonnes and the latter to 12,000 tonnes. A more significant downturn occurred in pig finishing feed, whose production fell 2,700 tonnes or 10.3 per cent from 26,100 tonnes to 23,400 tonnes. These losses were overshadowed by a considerable 2,100 tonnes or 37.5 per cent increase in pig starter and creep feed, up to 7,700 tonnes and a 1,800 tonnes or 23.1 per cent rise in pig link and early grower feed, up to 9,600 tonnes.
For only the second time on record total poultry feed surpassed 200,000 tonnes for the quarter; 2019’s return of 211,100 tonnes was, however, 8,100 tonnes or 3.7 per cent below the highest ever total for the sector from a year earlier. The current total bettered the decade long average for the quarter of 188,800 tonnes by 22,300 tonnes or 11.2 per cent.
Despite falling below the overall total from a year previously both turkey and other poultry feed and layer and breeder feed produced more in the penultimate quarter of 2019 that they did in 2018. Turkey and other poultry feed did so by 1,300 tonnes or 12.3 per cent to reach 11,900 tonnes and layer and breeder feed did so by 9,600 tonnes or 13.1 per cent to reach 82,700 tonnes. Nonetheless, in addition to an 800 tonnes or 11.9 per cent downturn in chick rearing feed to 5,900 tonnes, there was a considerable 18,300 tonnes or 14.2 per cent decrease in broiler feed, which slipped from its record high 128,800 tonnes in the previous third quarter to 110,500 tonnes in the current. Falling to its lowest level since 2015, total Q3 sheep feed was significantly less than both its year earlier total and the 10 year average
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