sheep feed output fell far below the record levels produced a year earlier. 2019 production totalled 735,800 tonnes which was 175,300 tonnes or 19.2 per cent less than in the year of 2018. Furthermore, the current total had slipped 46,100 tonnes or 6.1 per cent below the 10 year average for the period. In contrast with the rest of the sector, protein concentrates for
sheep rose considerably from a year earlier, increasing by 1,100 tonnes or 18.6 per cent to 7,000 tonnes of output. However, it is here that the positives end for 2019 sheep feed production. Compounds for breeding sheep fell 84,200 tonnes or 24.3 per cent from 2018 outputs to their lowest total on record of 262,900 tonnes. Blends for breeding sheep also lost almost a quarter of their production from a year earlier as they dropped by 6,500 tonnes or 24.1 per cent to 20,500 tonnes and their second lowest output on record. There was also a substantial fall in the production of compounds for growing and finishing sheep in 2019 as output dropped by 77,900 tonnes or 17.2 per cent to 376,400 tonnes. Meanwhile, blends for growing and finishing sheep fell by a comparatively small but significant nonetheless 7,300 tonnes or 9.6 per cent to 69,000 tonnes. A decline of 21,400 tonnes or 11.5 per cent from year previous
levels saw year end horse feed drop to its lowest total since 1997 of 164,300 tonnes. 2019’s horse feed output was also significantly below the average for the last 10 years of 182,600 tonnes which was 18,300 tonnes or 10.6 per cent higher than the current return. After five consecutive years of growth, total other feed fell 33,300
tonnes or 7.3 per cent to 424,100 tonnes of production. This total was nevertheless enough to better the 10 year average by 10,300 tonnes or 2.5 per cent. The contrast between 2018 and 2019 feed production is relatively
stark. Whereas 2018 was a year of record highs, 2019 was largely a year that saw reduced outputs across the board in virtually every month. Despite this, the picture remains relatively positive on the whole with total feed production for the year still at its third highest output. The fall in ruminant feed production can be explained largely by weather conditions, with the drought in the Summer of 2018 leading to a shortage of grass, while the mild start to 2019 allowed earlier than usual access to pasture. Poultry feed production consolidated following a period of significant increases but nevertheless flirted with breaking the record output from a year earlier. The stand out performer, however, was the pig feed sector where production continued the long term positive trend and rose to levels not seen since the end of the last millennium.
January 2020 Production Update – Great Britain In reading the analysis below, it needs to be borne in mind that there are 53 weeks in the statistical year of 2020 and, in order to incorporate the change, January 2020 is a five week period. Therefore, direct comparisons with January 2019 and earlier years cannot be made as these were four week reporting periods. Nevertheless, these are the figures we have to work with. Rather than seek to apply a correction factor to the January 2020 figures, which in itself could give a misleading impression by blurring the
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lines between succeeding months, the analysis takes the figures as published. Clearly, this means that the production allocated to January 2020 is exaggerated in comparison to the same month in preceding years and the analysis needs to be read with this in mind. Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the month of January 2020 had risen to an all-time high of 1,277,600 tonnes, 118,200 tonnes or 10.2 per cent greater than total amassed in the same period a year earlier. Furthermore, the current total outstripped the 10 year average for the month under review by 176,600 tonnes or 14.9 per cent. Total feed production during the month of January 2020 was made
up of: 45.6 per cent poultry feed, 29.9 per cent cattle and calf feed, 13.5 per cent pig feed, 7.2 per cent sheep feed, 2.2 per cent other feed and 1.6 per cent horse feed. Only in the Januaries of 1993 and 1996 had the current output
for total cattle and calf feed, of 381,700 tonnes, been bettered. The total under review was 10,200 tonnes or 2.7 per cent higher than in the corresponding month a year earlier. The 10 year average for January, of 356,100 tonnes, was also exceeded, with 2020’s production a sizeable 25,600 tonnes or 6.9 per cent higher than the mean. Despite the high levels across the sector overall, both all other
cattle compounds and all other cattle blends declined noticeably. The former did so by dropping 2,300 tonnes or 3.7 per cent to 59,500 tonnes and the latter did so by falling 1,800 tonnes or 5.7 per cent to 29,600 tonnes. On the other hand, cattle protein concentrates added to their 2019 returns by almost 20 per cent, rising by 1,500 tonnes to 9,500 tonnes whilst total calf feed rose by a similar 1,400 tonnes to 17,200 tonnes of production, an 8.9 per cent increase. The largest tonnage gain from a year earlier was witnessed in compounds for dairy cows which grew by 9,600 tonnes or 5.5 per cent to 185,100 tonnes while blends for dairy cows, at 80,900 tonnes, rose to the highest ever output, surpassing 2019’s total by 1,900 tonnes or 2.4 per cent. Total pig feed production grew to its highest level this millennium
with the 172,000 tonnes of output bettering its year previous return by a substantial 14,600 tonnes or 9.3 per cent. Additionally, 2020’s total surpassed the average of the last 10 Januaries by a marked 26,500 tonnes or 16.7 per cent. All subsectors of pig feed production increased beyond their
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