Feed Production Update
By Ryan Mounsey
GREAT BRITAIN September Production Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the month of September 2020 amounted to 1,248,700 tonnes, a marked 38,000 tonnes or 3.1 per cent greater than the total amassed a year previously and the second highest output for the month on record, behind only 2018’s unprecedented return. Furthermore, 2020’s total was a significant 68,500 tonnes or 5.6 per cent above the 10 year average for September. Total feed production during the month of September 2020 was
made up of: 48.1 per cent poultry feed, 28.9 per cent cattle and calf feed, 15.3 per cent pig feed, 3.2 per cent sheep feed and 1.2 per cent horse feed and 3.2 per cent other feed. At 360,500 tonnes of production, total cattle and calf feed had
increased substantially beyond year previous levels. Surpassing 2019’s output by 22,600 tonnes or 6.7 per cent, the current total also bettered the 10 year average for the month by 11,300 tonnes or 3.2 per cent. The output of all cattle and calf feed sectors grew beyond year
earlier levels. Blends for dairy cows, total calf feed and cattle protein concentrates all recorded double digit percentage increases from 2019 returns: blends for dairy cows rose to 74,900 tonnes, an increase of 13,600 tonnes or 22.2 per cent and a record high for the month; total calf feed rose to 17,400 tonnes, an increase of 2,000 tonnes or 13.0 per cent; and cattle protein concentrates rose to 8,500 tonnes, an increase of 800 tonnes or 10.4 per cent and the highest production had been since 1995. Compounds for dairy cows, at 188,900 tonnes, bettered year previous output by 3,500 tonnes or 1.9 per cent. Similarly, both all other cattle compounds and all other cattle blends surpassed year earlier outputs, with the former rising by 600 tonnes or 1.3 per cent to 46,500 tonnes and the latter by 2,100 tonnes or 9.5 per cent to 24,300 tonnes.
Total pig feed rose to its highest output for the month since
1999 of 191,300 tonnes, a sizeable increase of 17,000 tonnes or 9.8 per cent from a year earlier. Additionally, the total under review was 28,500 tonnes or 16.1 per cent higher than the decade long average for September. Even with the overall surge in production, pig protein concentrates
dropped 300 tonnes or 27.3 per cent to 800 tonnes, its lowest output in five years. However, this was the only subsector which could not match year earlier production. Pig finishing feed grew to its second highest total on record, also falling below 1999’s return, as it increased by 9,000 tonnes or 10.1 per cent to 98,400 tonnes. Additionally, there were substantial increases in: pig growing feed, up 4,400 tonnes or 13.8 per cent to 36,200 tonnes; link and early grower feed, up 1,300 tonnes or 14.6 per cent to 10,200 tonnes; and pig starters and creep feed, up 900 tonnes or 17.0 per cent to 6,200 tonnes. Finally, the sector was rounded off with a 1,600 tonnes or 4.2 per cent rise in pig breeding feed to 39,500 tonnes, the largest output for this division of pig feed since 2002. The one sector of Great British feed production to fall below year
previous levels was total poultry feed, whose output dropped 11,000 tonnes or 1.8 per cent below the record amassed a year earlier, to 600,900 tonnes. In spite of this, the current total was 26,400 tonnes or 4.4 per cent greater than the 10 year average for September. Despite this general downturn, both chick rearing feed and layer
feed surpassed year previous returns, chick rearing feed did so by growing 2,000 tonnes or 15.9 per cent to 14,600 tonnes and layer feed did so by rising 5,700 tonnes or 5.5 per cent to 110,000 tonnes, a record high for this subsector. Additionally, integrated poultry units bettered their year earlier output by 8,500 tonnes or 4.2 per cent, increasing to 211,100 tonnes and poultry breeding and rearing feed matched year earlier returns of 32,700 tonnes. In contrast, turkey feed fell to its lowest ever level for September of 21,100 tonnes, a drop of 2,900 tonnes or 12.1 per cent and all other poultry feed dropped by 4,700 tonnes or 21.6 per cent to 16,800 tonnes. At 194,200 tonnes, broiler chicken feed production had also dropped significantly by 19,100 tonnes or 9.0 per cent and lastly, protein poultry concentrates had fallen by 300 tonnes or 37.5 per cent to 500 tonnes. Total sheep feed rose sharply from year previous levels to 40,400
tonnes of production, an increase of 7,700 tonnes or 23.5 per cent. This rise brought output up to the second highest on record, once again falling behind only the returns of 2018. The total under review was also 6,200 tonnes or 16.6 per cent higher than the 10 year average for the month. Only sheep protein concentrates failed to meet year earlier returns,
the 300 tonnes of production was 200 tonnes or 40.0 per cent lower than 2019’s output. Blends for growing and finishing sheep, in contrast, increased by a significant 1,200 tonnes or 20.3 per cent to reach 7,100 tonnes, its highest ever output for the period. Blends for breeding sheep, at 1,300 tonnes, had jumped 400 tonnes or 44.4 per cent from year previous levels as it matched 2018’s output whilst compounds for growing and finishing sheep grew by 5,500 tonnes or 24.6 per cent
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