However, the current total was 133,800 tonnes or 4.3 per cent in excess of the 10 year average for the first half of the year. In spite of the record high displayed from the sector as a whole,


poultry protein concentrates fell 400 tonnes or 30.8 per cent to 900 tonnes. Moreover, turkey feed production fell a sizeable 9,100 tonnes or 32.0 per cent to 19,300 tonnes, its lowest total on record for the quarter. In complete contrast, broiler feed, layer feed and poultry breeding and rearing feed production all climbed to record highs for the period. Broiler feed, at 553,200 tonnes of output had risen by 48,300 tonnes or 9.6 per cent; layer feed at 292,600 tonnes, had grown by 6,100 tonnes or 2.1 per cent; and poultry breeding and rearing feed at 89,300 tonnes had increased by 3,500 tonnes or 4.1 per cent. All other poultry feed output for the quarter also increased significantly, doing so by 14,100 tonnes or 17.2 per cent to 96,200 tonnes. Lastly, the sector was rounded off by a 100 tonnes or 0.3 per cent increase in chick rearing feed. Total Q2 sheep feed production had risen sharply to 196,100


tonnes, this was an increase of 34,100 tonnes or 21.1 per cent from the corresponding timeframe of 2020. Current output was also in advance of the decade long average for the second quarter of the year which it outpaced by 12,400 tonnes or 6.5 per cent. At 564,300 tonnes of output, total first half sheep feed had bettered


both its year earlier counterpart and the decade long average for the period. The year previous total was surpassed by a significant 34,300 tonnes or 6.5 per cent and the H1 average was outstripped by 17,100 tonnes or 3.1 per cent. All sheep feed subsectors bettered their corresponding production


rates from the same period of a year previous. Compounds for growing and finishing sheep, at 114,800 tonnes, had increased by a considerable 14,100 tonnes or 14.0 per cent to an unmatched level of production for the second quarter of a year. Compounds for breeding sheep also rose by a considerable 17,200 tonnes or 41.1 per cent from the record low output for the quarter from a year earlier to 59,100 tonnes. For the second year in succession blends for breeding sheep surpassed its year earlier return for the quarter, doings so by a notable 1,000 tonnes or 28.6 per cent, up to 4,500 tonnes. Blends for growing a finishing sheep and sheep protein concentrates rounded off the sector, with the former rising by 1,500 tonnes or 10.2 per cent to 16,200 tonnes and the latter by 500 tonnes or 45.4 per cent to 1,600 tonnes. For the first time in three years, total horse feed bettered its year


earlier production for the second quarter of a year. The output under review, of 35,000 tonnes, was 2,100 tonnes or 6.4 per cent in excess of the corresponding period a year earlier. However, the total under review was not great enough to surpass the 10 year average for Q2, which it fell 4,700 tonnes or 12.6 per cent below. In spite of the rise seen in second quarter horse feed production,


the H1 total was a sizeable 8,100 tonnes or 9.2 per cent down on a year earlier. Additionally, the 79,700 tonnes of output was 11,100 tonnes or 13.0 per cent lower than the decade long average for the period. Following on from three successive downturns in second quarter


production, 2021 total other feed output, at 88,200 tonnes, outstripped its year earlier return by 7,100 tonnes or 8.8 per cent. Despite this increase,


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other feed production was still 8,000 tonnes or 8.7 per cent down on the 10 year average for the quarter. Production of H1 other feed fell for the second year in succession.


2021’s total of 169,600 tonnes was 3,700 tonnes or 2.1 per cent below the total of a year earlier and the lowest production had been for nine years. As a result, the current total was an even more substantial 12,100 tonnes or 6.9 per cent lower than the average of the last 10 outputs from the first half of a calendar year. The unparalleled level of production amassed in the second


quarter of 2021 and its historically high return for the first half of the year, suggest output is on course for a potentially record breaking year. Total pig feed continues to surpass its year previous returns and reach levels not seen since the highs of the late 90s. The ruminant sectors both also continue to produce historically high amounts of feed. Poultry feed production reversed the downturn witnessed in the first quarter to rise to record levels of output for Q2, although this increase was not enough to cause its production during the first half of the year to better its year earlier counterpart.


July Production Update Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during July 2021 rose by 17,000 tonnes or 1.7 per cent from the corresponding month a year earlier to 1,041,100 tonnes of output. This was the second highest total for July since records were kept in their current form. Moreover, the total under review was 25,200 tonnes or 2.5 per cent greater than the decade long average for the month. Total feed production during the month of July 2021 was made up


of: 50.1 per cent poultry feed, 27.6 per cent cattle and calf feed, 15.1 per cent pig feed, 3.3 per cent sheep feed, 0.9 per cent horse feed and 3.1 per cent other feed. At 287,100 tonnes of production, total cattle and calf feed output


in the month of July had risen beyond its year previous levels for the second year in succession, in this instance by 2,300 tonnes or 0.8 per cent. However, the current total was not great enough to outstrip the 10 year average for July, which it dropped 1,900 tonnes or 0.7 per cent below. Despite the sector as a whole surpassing year earlier levels, the


majority of cattle and calf feed subsectors failed to match their 2020 counterparts. There were relatively small declines in both cattle protein concentrates, which dropped 100 tonnes or 1.6 per cent to 6,100


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