breeder feed to 296,600 tonnes and the 3,000 tonnes or 5.9 per cent decrease in turkey and other poultry feed output, which dropped to 47,900 tonnes. At 11,500 tonnes, total fourth quarter sheep feed production
in 2020 had comfortably outstripped that of year previous, which it bettered by 1,100 tonnes or 10.6 per cent. However, the total under review was not large enough to keep pace with the outputs of the first half of the decade and as such was 600 tonnes or 5.1 per cent lower than the 10 year Q4 average. Total sheep feed production for the year 2020 followed the
same pattern as its Q4 outputs. The total under review, of 60,800 tonnes, was a significant 6,200 tonnes or 11.4 per cent greater than its year earlier counterpart and yet this rise was not great enough to better the decade long average, which it fell 6,700 tonnes or 10.4 per cent below. The sizeable increase seen from the sector as a whole came
from a single division of sheep feed. Growing and finishing sheep compounds reached its highest yearly total from 20 years of 30,200 tonnes, a remarkable increase of 8,800 tonnes or 41.1 per cent. On the other side of the spectrum, production of breeding sheep compounds fell to its lowest recorded level for a year of 17,800 tonnes, a decline of 2,500 tonnes or 12.3 per cent from a year earlier. Finally, both coarse mixes or blends for sheep and sheep protein concentrates matched
their 2019 outputs of 12,800 tonnes and 100 tonnes respectively. Total other feed was only the second sector whose Q4 production
had fallen below that of a year earlier. The 23,600 tonnes of output was 1,500 tonnes or 6.0 per cent down from that of 2019 although it did better the decade long average for the period by 2,000 tonnes or 8.9 per cent. This pattern was mirrored in the production of other feed across the year as a whole. 2020’s production, of 85,500 tonnes, was 4,300 tonnes or 4.8 per cent down on the outputs amassed a year earlier but did better the average total of the past 10 years by 8,800 tonnes or 10.9 per cent. The record fourth quarter returns speak for themselves in terms
of the strength of the industry in Northern Ireland moving in to 2021. However, the fact that 2020’s total year output was at its second highest level ever and that all sectors surpassed at least one of either their year earlier outputs or long term average, in a time where large portions of the world have been brought to a standstill due to a pandemic, is the real indicator of the industry’s vitality. The ruminant sectors have bounced back from the slumps they suffered throughout 2019 and the pig feed sector continues to post outputs that rival the production of the latter part of the last millennium. The one area that isn’t totally positive is the poultry feed sector which has been consistently unable to match the record returns of the past two years and this is worth keeping an eye on as we enter 2021.
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