increase was seen when viewed in comparison to the 10 year average, with 2018’s total surpassing the monthly mean by 5,400 tonnes or 13.4 per cent.
Fourth Quarter and Year End Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the fourth quarter of 2018 amounted to 3,574,400 tonnes, 9,700 tonnes or 0.3 per cent greater than the final quarter of 2017. 2018’s final quarter return was a record for the period and stood 233,800 or 7.0 per cent greater than its 10 year average. This brought the year-end total to 14,064,900 tonnes, the highest amount of feed produced in a calendar year in Great Britain on record, and 315,900 tonnes or 2.3 per cent greater than the previous high set a year earlier. 2018’s final total was also a significant 1,017,100 tonnes or 7.8 per cent higher than the average of the last 10 years. Total feed production during the fourth quarter of 2018 was made
up of: 44.4 per cent poultry feed, 33.1 per cent cattle and calf feed, 13.3 per cent pig feed, 4.4 per cent sheep feed, 3.6 per cent other feed and 1.4 per cent horse feed. Total feed production during the year of 2018 was made up of:
45.2 per cent poultry feed, 30.9 per cent cattle and calf feed, 12.9 per cent pig feed, 6.5 per cent sheep feed, 3.2 per cent other feed and 1.3 per cent horse feed. 2018 fourth quarter cattle and calf feed fell short of the record
1,197,300 tonnes produced a year earlier, with the 1,181,800 tonnes produced in the quarter under review falling 15,500 tonnes or 1.3 per cent short of this level. Despite the drop, the 2018 total was still 67,000 tonnes or 6.0 per cent greater than the 10 year mean for the quarter. December’s cattle and calf feed output brought the year-end total
to a record 4,346,800 tonnes, an increase of 127,800 tonnes or 3.0 per cent from the previous year. It is no surprise that 2018 cattle and calf feed production also surpassed the end of year average for the decade of 4,043,900 tonnes by a significant margin of 302,900 tonnes or 7.5 per cent. A decrease in quarter four production from 2017 was also seen in
the pig feed sector, dropping 10,000 tonnes or 2.1 per cent to 473,600 tonnes. However, 2018’s total stood up more favourably against the 10 year average for the quarter, bettering it by 30,000 tonnes or 6.8 per cent. Pig feed was also one of only two feed categories whose yearly
total fell below its immediate counterpart, doing so by 9,200 tonnes or 0.5 per cent. With production levels of 1,814,200 tonnes, 2018’s pig feed total was the lowest of the past five years; nonetheless, thanks to considerably lower levels in the preceding five years, the latest annual total was 130,800 tonnes or 7.8 per cent larger than the 10 year average. A record 1,586,600 tonnes of poultry feed was produced in Q4
of 2018, an increase in output of 26,900 tonnes or 1.7 per cent from the same period of 2017. Furthermore, the present total was 108,500 tonnes or 7.3 per cent larger than the 10 year mean for the period under review.
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