long term average the feed industry in Northern Ireland appears set to begin 2021 in a position of strength, however, analysis of the full year figures below will give a clearer impression of the overall wellbeing of the sector.
2020 Year End and Fourth Quarter Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the fourth quarter of 2020 rose to 679,400 tonnes, the highest for the period on record and an increase of 22,900 tonnes or 3.5 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier. The total under review was also a significant 53,000 tonnes or 8.1 per cent greater than the decade long average for the quarter. The release of the December production figures brought the yearly production total for 2020 up to 2,521,800 tonnes, a rise of 49,600 tonnes or 2.0 per cent from 2019’s output. This was the second highest year-end figure on record behind only that of 2018 and as a result, 2020’s total was 177,200 tonnes or 7.3 per cent advanced of the average of the last 10 years. Total feed production during the fourth quarter of 2020 was
made up of: 54.7 per cent cattle and calf feed, 30.6 per cent poultry feed, 9.6 per cent pig feed, 1.7 per cent sheep feed and 3.5 per cent other feed. Total feed production during the year of 2020 was made up of:
51.4 per cent cattle and calf feed, 32.8 per cent poultry feed, 10.0 per cent pig feed, 2.4 per cent sheep feed and 3.4 per cent other feed. Fourth quarter total cattle and calf feed production was also
at record levels. Output had risen by a substantial 26,700 tonnes or 7.7 per cent from a year previously to 371,500 tonnes. The current total was an even greater 34,600 tonnes or 9.8 per cent above the 10 year average for the timeframe. At 1,296,400 tonnes, year-end total cattle and calf feed was
at its second highest output on record and had surpassed its year previous total by 59,300 tonnes or 4.8 per cent. Additionally, 2020’s total was 75,600 tonnes or 6.0 per cent higher than the average for the past decade. With the exception of dairy coarse mixes or blends, which at
219,100 tonnes had dropped 900 tonnes or 0.4 per cent from 2019 returns, all sectors of cattle and calf feed had progressed from year previous outputs in 2020. Dairy cow compounds and other calf compounds reached record highs in the process, with the former
bettering 2019’s output by 47,200 tonnes or 8.6 per cent to reach 598,200 tonnes and the latter by 8,600 tonnes or 12.1 per cent to reach 79,500 tonnes. Beef cattle compounds production rose from a year earlier by 2,200 tonnes or 1.5 per cent to 152,800 tonnes of output for the year, whilst all other cattle compounds increased by 200 tonnes or 3.3 per cent from 2019’s total to 6,300 tonnes. Total Q4 pig feed output was the second individual sector that
reached unparalleled heights in 2020. The 65,100 tonnes of production was 1,700 tonnes or 2.7 per cent higher than in the same period of 2019 and a notable 9,500 tonnes or 15.7 per cent above the average of the last ten fourth quarters. Year-end total pig feed was at its highest level since 1997. 2020’s
production of 251,100 tonnes was significantly greater than that of 2019, which it bettered by 11,100 tonnes or 4.6 per cent. The decade long year-end average was also notably outpaced as the total under review was 45,900 tonnes or 20.1 per cent higher than the mean. Despite the historically high overall pig feed yearly total, both pig
link and early grower feed and pig starter and creep feed production fell below the outputs of 2019. Pig link and early grower feed dropped 1,900 tonnes or 5.1 per cent to 35,600 tonnes of output whereas, pig starter and creep feed production dropped 900 tonnes or 3.0 per cent to 28,800 tonnes. In contrast, pig finishing feed surpassed the hundred thousand tonne in a year mark for the first time on record; its output of 102,100 tonnes was 9,600 tonnes or 10.4 per cent greater than that of 2019. Pig growing feed was also at historically high levels, having bettered its corresponding year earlier total by 3,800 tonnes or 8.2 per cent to grow to the current production of 49,900 tonnes, which was at its greatest amount since the turn of the millennium. A comparatively smaller increase of 600 tonnes or 1.8 per cent was observed from 2019 pig breeding feed, with production rising to 34,700 tonnes in 2020. In contrast with the overall fourth quarter trend, total poultry feed
in the aforementioned period fell 5,200 tonnes or 2.4 per cent from year earlier levels as output dropped to 207,700 tonnes. This was the second year in succession that Q4 poultry feed production had fallen. Despite this, 2020’s final quarter figure was 7,600 tonnes or 3.7 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the period. Similarly, year-end poultry feed, at 828,000 tonnes, also
decreased below year previous levels for the second year in a row with the 2020 total 22,700 tonnes or 2.7 per cent below that of 2019. The current total was however, the third highest for a year on record and bettered the average for the past 10 years by 54,000 tonnes or 6.7 per cent. Although the sector as a whole was down from year earlier
outputs, the largest poultry feed category by volume, broiler feed, increased beyond the production of 2019 by 1,300 tonnes or 0.3 per cent to 456,700 tonnes, the second highest total for a year on record. Chick rearing feed also surpassed its 2019 returns, it rose by 1,600 tonnes or 6.4 per cent to 26,800 tonnes. These gains could not compensate for the 22,600 tonnes or 7.1 per cent fall in layer and
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