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tonnes or 9.9 per cent lower than the 10 year average for March of 19,200 tonnes. In contrast, other feed production reached record levels for the


month. Breaching the 40,000 tonne mark for the first time in March, outputs climbed to 42,600 tonnes, surpassing last year’s total by 9,200 tonnes or 27.6 per cent. Additionally the current total was 12,900 tonnes or 43.4 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the month.


FEBRUARY PRODUCTION UPDATE – NORTHERN IRELAND Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the month of February 2019 reached 217,000 tonnes, which, despite falling 7,200 tonnes or 3.2 per cent below the highest total on record from a year previously, was still the second highest documented total for the month. Furthermore, the current total stood a comfortable 23,700 tonnes or 12.3 per cent above the 10 year average for February. Total feed production during the month of February 2019 was


made up of: 52.4 per cent cattle and calf feed, 31.2 per cent poultry feed, 8.5 per cent pig feed, 4.0 per cent sheep feed and 3.9 per cent other feed. At 113,600 tonnes, cattle and calf feed also fell behind the output


reached a year previously whilst being the second highest total for the month since records began. Despite the 9,000 tonnes or 7.3 per cent drop from 2018 levels, 2019’s total was nevertheless 9,800 tonnes or 9.4 per cent greater than the 10 year average for February. The only subsector to record an only upturn from year earlier levels


within the cattle and calf feed sector, albeit a minor one, was all other cattle compounds whose output had reached 700 tonnes, a 100 tonnes or 16.7 per cent increase. All other components failed to reach the totals manufactured a year earlier. Proportionately, the biggest drop from 2018 outputs was seen from beef cattle compounds, whose production total of 14,500 tonnes was a considerable 3,600 tonnes or 19.9 per cent below its year previous returns. Both dairy cattle compounds and dairy coarse mixes or blends fell by 4.3 per cent, with the former reduced by 2,000 tonnes to an output of 44,700 tonnes and the latter by 1,000 tonnes to 22,300 tonnes of production. At 24,500 tonnes, beef coarse mixes or blend’s output had decreased by 2,200 tonnes or 8.2 per cent from year earlier quantities. Total pig feed was at its highest production level since the turn of


the millennium with the 18,400 tonnes of output, increasing marginally from the returns of a year earlier by 200 tonnes or 1.1 per cent. The


current total was also 3,900 tonnes or 26.9 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the period. There was very little movement across the whole of the pig feed


sector, typified by pig growing feed remaining at its year earlier output of 3,300 tonnes. Both pig finishing feed and pig link or early grower feed grew by 100 tonnes to 7,300 tonnes and 2,900 tonnes respectively whereas, both pig breeding feed and pig starter and creep feed fell by 100 tonnes to 2,700 tonnes and 2,200 tonnes. Record levels of poultry feed for the month of February were


produced in 2019. With 67,770 tonnes of output, the previous high from a year earlier was surpassed by 3,900 tonne or 6.1 per cent. Additionally, February’s total was 11,300 tonnes or 20.0 per cent higher than the 10 year average for the month. Despite the record total for the month, chick rearing feed and


turkey and other poultry feed dropped below their year earlier totals. The pair dropped by 100 tonnes each to 2,100 tonnes and 2,800 tonnes respectively, decreases of 4.6 per cent and 3.5 per cent. However, these were more than compensated for by substantial increases in layer and breeding feed and broiler feed. Layer and breeding feed recorded a 2,800 tonnes or 12.6 per cent growth, rising to 25,100 tonnes of production for February whilst broiler feed production grew by 1,100 tonnes or 3.0 per cent to 37,700 tonnes. In contrast, sheep feed production for February dropped to a record


low of 8,700 tonnes; 2019’s total was 2,700 tonnes lower than the total produced a year earlier, a sizeable fall of 23.7 per cent. Moreover, the current total fell significantly below the 10 year average for February, registering a 1,700 tonnes or 16.4 per cent decline from the mean of 10,700 tonnes. Every sector of sheep feed declined below year previous levels.


The biggest fall was witnessed from breeding sheep compounds, whose monthly output dropped by 1,300 tonnes or 22.4 per cent from 2018 returns to 4,500 tonnes. Growing and finishing sheep compounds also fell significantly the 2,200 tonnes of production being 800 tonnes or 26.7 per cent below the levels recorded a year previously. A 23.1 per cent fall occurred in coarse mixes or blends for sheep, whose output dropped by 600 tonnes to 2,000 tonnes. A 400 tonnes increase was seen in other feeds compared to


a year previous, with 2019’s total of 8,500 tonnes rising by 4.9 per cent. Given that the present total had only been bettered once in the past 10 years, it is of little surprise that 2019’s total stood comfortably above the 10 year average for the period, doing so by 900 tonnes or 11.8 per cent. Whilst flaked barley and barley meal levels remained constant at


200 tonnes, there was a large reduction in the production of flaked maize and maize meal. Output dropped by 1,400 tonnes to 4,600 tonnes, a fall of 23.3 per cent. In contrast other other feed rose sharply by 89.5 per cent to 3,600 tonnes having grown from year previous levels by 1,700 tonnes. In spite of the drop from year earlier levels, February 2019 was


nevertheless a strong month for production, being the second highest on record. Once again we see a clear split between the performance of the ruminant and non-ruminant sectors, with both cattle and calf and sheep feed production dropping significantly below 2018 outputs whereas all other categories rose beyond them.


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