from a year earlier to 27,900 tonnes. For the fourth month in succession, total horse feed bettered year


previous production, in this instance by 500 tonnes or 3.4 per cent, up to 15,100 tonnes. However, the current output was a marked 1,000 tonnes or 6.4 per cent below the decade long average for the month. At 40,500 tonnes, total other feed production was 1,100 tonnes


or 2.8 per cent higher than in the corresponding month a year earlier. Despite this increase, 2020’s September output was 3,000 tonnes or 7.1 per cent below the 10 year average for the month. September feed production rounded off the third quarter in strong


fashion. Only poultry feed fell below year earlier output, continuing a pattern that has been present since the start of the second quarter, however, in this instance, 2019’s return was at record levels. Total pig feed, as it has throughout the year, is producing levels not seen since the turn of the millennium and is still on course for outputs that are unprecedented in recent years. Finally, the ruminant sectors are posting increasingly positive returns, with both total sheep feed and total cattle and calf feed surpassing year earlier levels and their respective long term averages in the same month for the first time since January.


Third Quarter Review Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the third quarter of 2020 amounted to 3,303,100 tonnes, an increase of 37,600 tonnes or 1.2 per cent from the same period a year previously. This output was the third highest for the quarter on record and surpassed the 10 year Q3 average by 92,000 tonnes or 2.8 per cent. Total feed production during the third quarter of 2020 was made


up of: 48.7 per cent poultry feed, 28.4 per cent cattle and calf feed, 15.4 per cent pig feed, 3.1 per cent sheep feed, 1.1 per cent horse feed and 3.4 per cent other feed. Despite sitting over 100,000 tonnes below the record third quarter


total from 2018, the current Q3 total cattle and calf feed output, at 937,000 tonnes, was 24,500 tonnes or 2.7 per cent greater than that from the corresponding period a year earlier. This upturn brought 2020’s production to within 500 tonnes or 0.1 per cent of the 10 year mean for the period, effectively meaning that the quarter under review is in line with its long term average. Only compounds for dairy cows and cattle protein concentrates failed to better year previous third quarter production with the former


dropping by 11,900 tonnes or 2.3 per cent and the latter by 300 tonnes or 1.4 per cent to 505,100 tonnes and 21,500 tonnes respectively. In contrast, blends for dairy cows rose sharply by 19,000 tonnes or 11.5 per cent to 184,000 tonnes and similarly, all other cattle blends grew by 9,600 tonnes or 16.8 per cent to 66,600 tonnes. All calf feed production, at 42,600 tonnes, had increased by a significant 6,600 tonnes or 18.3 per cent and finally all other cattle feed grew by 1,300 tonnes or 1.1 per cent to 117,200 tonnes. At 506,900 tonnes, total third quarter pig feed production was


at its highest levels since 1999. The current total outstripped year previous Q3 output by 24,500 tonnes or 5.1 per cent. The decade long average for the period was also bettered by 59,000 tonnes, a marked difference of 12.4 per cent.


In spite of the strong performance exhibited from the sector as a


whole, both link and early grower feed and protein concentrates for pigs outputs dropped by 200 tonnes; link and early grower feed declined to 27,500 tonnes, a fall of 0.7 per cent and protein concentrates for pigs fell to 2,700 tonnes, a drop of 6.9 per cent. However, pig finishing feed performed in a completely different manner as it rose by 9,100 tonnes or 3.7 per cent to reach its highest ever output for the quarter of 253,700 tonnes. Pig breeding feed output also increased to a historically high 108,700 tonnes, the first time this level had been achieved since 2002 and a growth of 1,300 tonnes or 1.2 per cent from a year previous. Finally, both pig growing feed, at 97,900 tonnes and pig starters and creep feed, at 16,500 tonnes, surpassed year earlier outputs by 13,400 tonnes or 15.9 per cent and 1,100 tonnes or 7.1 per cent respectively. Although, Q3 total poultry feed was at its fourth highest output


since records began in their current form in 1992, 2020 production total nevertheless dropped below year earlier levels. The 1,608,100 tonnes amassed during the period was 28,700 tonnes or 1.8 per cent lower than in 2019 and yet even with this drop in tonnage, the current total was 37,700 tonnes or 2.4 per cent greater than the 10 year third quarter average. In spite of this downturn, production of chick rearing feed grew


dramatically by 7,600 tonnes or 21.9 per cent to 42,300 tonnes of output. Integrated poultry feed and layer feed also recorded increased rates of production, with the former rising by 37,300 tonnes or 7.2 per cent to 553,600 tonnes and the latter by 6,700 tonnes or 2.4 per cent to 290,300 tonnes of production. The final poultry feed category to rise in relation to its year earlier, third quarter counterpart was poultry breeding and rearing feed which grew by a comparatively small 200 tonnes or 0.2 per cent to 86,900 tonnes. In contrast, there were significant reductions in output recorded across the remainder of the sector. Poultry protein concentrates fell sharply from a year previous to 1,400 tonnes, a drop of 1,100 tonnes or 44.0 per cent; all other poultry feed production output dropped to 87,300 tonnes, a decrease of 31,000 tonnes or 26.2 per cent. Broiler feed output fell to its lowest level for the quarter since 2015 with production dropping by 43,600 tonnes or 8.0 per cent to 500,800 tonnes. Lastly, Q3 turkey feed output was 6,400 tonnes or 12.3 per cent lower than the corresponding period a year earlier, with


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