half of its output from the record high recorded a year earlier as it fell by 55.6 per cent or 500 tonnes to 400 tonnes of production and at the same time poultry breeding and rearing feed also fell below the record high from a year previously, albeit in this instance, a much smaller 200 tonnes or 0.7 per cent to 27,800 tonnes. A 17.3 per cent growth in total sheep feed brought July production
up to 31,800 tonnes, a 4,700 tonnes increase from a year earlier. 2020’s total also surpassed the 10 year average for July by a considerable 3,100 tonnes or 10.1 per cent. Only sheep protein concentrates fell below year previous
production, doing so by 300 tonnes or 60.0 per cent as they dropped to 200 tonnes of output. Production of compounds for breeding sheep increased by over a quarter as they rose to 2,300 tonnes, an output 500 tonnes or 27.7 per cent greater than in 2019. Another large rise occurred in compounds for growing and finishing sheep of 4,200 tonnes or 21.3 per cent, up to 23,900 tonnes. Relatively small tonnage increases were recorded in both blends for breeding sheep, up 100 tonnes to 700 tonnes and blends for growing and finishing sheep, up 300 to 4,800 tonnes; however, these gains amounted to percentage rises of 16.7 per cent and 6.7 per cent respectively. At 11,400 tonnes July total horse feed surpassed year previous
output by a significant 2,000 tonnes or 21.3 per cent. This growth brought the current total 700 tonnes or 6.3 per cent above the 10 year average for the period. Finally, total other feed also exceeded 2019’s production, doing so
by 1,900 tonnes or 5.9 per cent as it climbed to 34,100 tonnes. Despite this, output did not better the decade long mean for July of 38,200 tonnes, which it fell 4,100 tonnes or 11.34 per cent below. Despite, overall feed production during the month of July falling below year earlier levels, only one sector failed to better its 2019 output.
Poultry feed continued its trend of lower levels of production that began at the start of the second quarter of 2020 and it will be interesting to see how this develops throughout the remainder of the year. Pig feed looks set to record its highest level of output for a year since the turn of the millennium and there are also positive signs for the ruminant sectors. Sheep feed surpassed both its year earlier return and the long term average for the month whilst cattle and calf feed fell just short of the decade long average.
NORTHERN IRELAND May Production Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the month of May 2020 in Northern Ireland dropped significantly from 2019 levels; this was the second year in succession that May production had fallen. Output, which stood at 188,200 tonnes, was 18,100 tonnes or 8.8 per cent lower than a year previously. Despite this drop, 2020’s output bettered the 10 year average for the month by 10,000 tonnes or 5.5 per cent. Total feed production during the month of May 2020 was made up
of: 46.9 per cent cattle and calf feed, 36.8 per cent poultry feed, 11.8 per cent pig feed, 2.0 per cent sheep feed and 2.6 per cent other feed. At 88,200 tonnes of output, total cattle and calf feed production
fell significantly below year earlier returns for the second May running. Furthermore, the current total was not only 9,500 tonnes or 9.7 per cent lower than 2019’s output but also 800 tonnes or 0.9 per cent below the 10 year average for the month under review. Other calf compounds was the only element of cattle and calf
feed which didn’t drop below year previous levels with production remaining at the same total of 5,300 tonnes. In contrast, there were substantial decreases across the remainder of the sector: all other
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