Feed Production Update
By Ryan Mounsey
GREAT BRITAIN 2020 Year End and Fourth Quarter Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the fourth quarter of 2020 amounted to 3,541,600 tonnes, the third highest for the period since records began and an increase of 18,800 tonnes or 0.5 per cent from the corresponding period of 2019. The current fourth quarter total was also 123,900 tonnes or 3.6 per cent above the 10 year average for the quarter. The fourth quarter figures brought the year-end total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units to 13,870,700 tonnes, the second highest yearly figure on record and an increase of 220,200 tonnes or 1.6 per cent from 2019’s total. 2020’s output was also 519,900 tonnes or 3.8 per cent greater than the average production of the last 10 years. Total feed production during the fourth quarter of 2020 was made
up of: 43.4 per cent poultry feed, 32.5 per cent cattle and calf feed, 15.4 per cent pig feed, 4.5 per cent sheep feed, 1.4 per cent horse feed and 2.9 per cent other feed. Total feed production during the year of 2020 was made up of:
45.9 per cent poultry feed, 29.7 per cent cattle and calf feed, 14.7 per cent pig feed, 5.7 per cent sheep feed, 1.3 per cent horse feed and 2.8 per cent other feed. Total cattle and calf feed production in the final quarter of 2020
surpassed year earlier output by 47,300 tonnes or 4.3 per cent and rose to 1,152,000 tonnes, the fifth highest total for the timeframe on record. The total under review was a smaller 22,200 tonnes or 2.0 per cent above the 10 year average for the period. Year-end cattle and calf feed in 2020 bettered year previous
returns by 46,100 tonnes or 1.1 per cent as production grew to 4,111,700 tonnes. The total was very much in line with the average
for the last 10 years, which it bettered by 9,800 tonnes or just 0.2 per cent. Despite the sector wide increase the largest cattle and calf
division, compounds for dairy cows, failed to reach 2019’s output. Production throughout 2020, of 2,092,900 tonnes, fell 44,700 tonnes or 2.1 per cent below that of a year previously, the second year in a row where production had fallen. Additionally, all other calf feed production, at 573,300 tonnes, dropped by 9,900 tonnes or 1.7 per cent from a year earlier to its lowest level on record. In contrast, protein concentrates for cattle and calves recorded its highest yearly total since 1998; the 97,600 tonnes of output was 4,200 tonnes or 4.5 per cent greater than in 2019. Blends for dairy cows and all other cattle blends also both surpassed their respective returns from the preceding year with the former growing by 51,400 tonnes or 6.5 per cent to 838,100 tonnes and the latter by 21,900 tonnes or 7.5 per cent to 313,200 tonnes. Finally, there was a sizeable 22,600 tonnes or 13.0 per cent increase in year-end all calf feed from a year earlier, with production in 2020 reaching 195,900 tonnes. At 545,000 tonnes, total fourth quarter pig feed was at its highest
amount since 1999 and had increased 35,400 tonnes or 7.0 per cent from the output of the corresponding period a year previous. Additionally, 2020’s Q4 production was a substantial 69,800 tonnes or 13.7 per cent greater than the decade long average for the final quarter of the year. For the first time since 1999, total year-end pig feed broke through
the 2 million tonne mark. Production in 2020 had risen by 116,800 tonnes or 6.1 per cent from a year earlier to 2,038,400 tonnes. The current output was also a significant 240,400 tonnes or 12.5 per cent above the average yearly total for the past decade. Perhaps giving an indication that home-mixing is falling out of
favour, only protein concentrates for pigs, at 11,100 tonnes, failed to better the returns of 2019 which they fell a considerable 1,300 tonnes or 10.5 per cent below. Conversely, both pig finishing feed and pig link and early grower feed increased from a year earlier to their second highest totals on record. Pig finishing feed grew by 53,300 tonnes or 5.6 per cent to 1,013,600 tonnes and pig link and early grower feed by 11,500 tonnes or 11.7 per cent to 109,700 tonnes. Furthermore all the remaining pig feed sectors grew markedly from year earlier levels: pig starter and creep feed, at 65,200 tonnes, bettered 2019’s output by 5,100 tonnes or 8.5 per cent; pig growing feed, at 387,700 tonnes, increased by 34,700 tonnes or 9.8 per cent from a year previous; and finally, pig breeding feed, at 450,900 tonnes, rose by 13,300 tonnes or 3.0 per cent. Total poultry feed was one of only two sectors to fall below year
previous levels in Q4. The current total of 1,536,000 tonnes was a sizeable 71,100 tonnes or 4.4 per cent down on the fourth quarter of 2019; this was the first time in six years that Q4 output had decreased from a year earlier. However, this total did outperform the long term average by 31,600 tonnes or 2.1 per cent. Despite Q4 poultry feed falling below year previous returns, 2020
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