produced was 1,200 or 2.8 per cent below the levels attained last year and 200 tonnes or 0.5 per cent below the 10 year mean. As was the pattern in July, while the feed production industry


in Great Britain continues its general upward trend, the weather has once again dictated the rate at which feed needed to be produced. The drought conditions experienced throughout Great Britain have led to a clear disparity between the ruminant and non-ruminant sectors in August’s feed returns. With the lack of water having a detrimental effect on grazing pasture an elevated amount of feed has needed to have been produced to meet the shortfall.


NORTHERN IRELAND July Production Update Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates during the month of July 2018 amounted to 185,600 tonnes, a record high for the month and a considerable 22,700 tonnes or 13.9 per cent greater than the output during the same period a year earlier. Additionally, the 2018 total for July was 15,800 tonnes or 9.3 per cent higher than the 10 year average for the month in question. Total feed production during July 2018 was made up of: 49.0 per


cent cattle and calf feed, 36.6 per cent poultry feed, 9.9 per cent pig feed, 2.4 per cent other feed and 2.2 per cent sheep feed. At 90,900 tonnes, total cattle and calf feed surpassed the year


previous total for July by 12,500 tonnes or 15.9 per cent. However, despite 2018’s total exceeding the 10 year average by 8,000 tonnes or 8.3 per cent, it did not match the record totals amassed in the years of 2012 and 2013. All sectors of cattle and calf feed surpassed the levels that they


had reached a year earlier. Dairy cow compounds moved markedly above the output of a year previously, up 5,400 tonnes or 13.6 per cent to 45,000 tonnes, while dairy coarse mixes or blends at 13,800 tonnes also increased considerably by 1,800 tonnes or 15 per cent from 2017 levels. There were further significant gains in the beef feed sector with both beef coarse mixes or blends rising to 16,200 tonnes, a 4,100 or 33.9 per cent increase and beef cattle compounds rising to 10,500 tonnes, an increase of 700 tonnes or 7.1 per cent. Finally, other calf compounds advanced 400 tonnes or 8.7 per cent beyond the corresponding total a year earlier to 5,000 tonnes. Pig feed production for July 2018 outperformed its year earlier


output by 1,800 tonnes or 10.9 per cent with 18,300 tonnes produced in the month. The 10 year average for July of 15,400 was also significantly outstripped by 2,900 tonnes or 18.8 per cent. Nonetheless, pig feed


production once again failed to match the totals seen in the late 90’s and on this occasion also fell below the total achieved in 2016. As with cattle and calf feed, all divisions of pig feed produced more


than in the July of 2017, however, the increases were not as large on the whole. Pig growing feed was the single biggest mover, up 900 tonnes or 29.0 per cent to 4,000 tonnes. Pig starter and creep feed and pig finishing feed both produced 200 tonnes more than they did in the timeframe a year earlier, with starter and creep feed increasing by 12.5 per cent to 1,800 tonnes and finishing feed increasing by 2.9 per cent to 7,200 tonnes. Pig link and early grower feed advanced by 300 tonnes or 13.6 per cent to 2,500 tonnes, whilst pig breeding feed posted a 100 tonne increase to 2,700 tonnes. The 67,900 tonnes of poultry feed produced in July 2018 could


not better the unprecedented total recorded in 2014 which, at 71,700 tonnes, had stood 6,700 tonnes above the nearest total until this month. However, July’s 2018 production was 7,500 tonnes or 12.4 per cent greater than the year earlier total. The month in question’s output also stood 5,000 tonnes or 8.0 per cent above the 10 year average for the period under review. Only turkey and other poultry feed fell below year previous levels


in the poultry sector and even then only by 100 tonnes, dropping from the 3,500 tonnes produced during July 2017, equivalent to a 2.9 per cent fall. In contrast broiler feed saw extensive gains from year earlier levels, boasting increases of 6,200 tonnes or 18.7 per cent and climbing to 39,400 tonnes of production. Less significant increases were seen in layer and breeder feed, up 1,000 tonnes or 4.6 per cent to 22,700 tonnes and chick rearing feed, up 300 tonnes or 15 per cent to 2,300 tonnes.


Total sheep feed production for the month of July attained record


levels in 2018, at 4,000 tonnes; not only did 2018’s total surpass the previous record by 500 tonnes or 14.3 per cent, it also outperformed the year previous total by 1,100 tonnes or 37.9 per cent. Furthermore, 2018’s total outpaced the 10 year average by 900 tonnes or 29.0 per cent.


Two of the three sheep feed categories achieved record levels for


the month: coarse mixes or blends for sheep rose to 1,300 tonnes, a 500 tonnes or 62.5 per cent increase from the July of 2017 and breeding sheep compounds grew to 900 tonnes, an increase of 200 tonnes or 28.6 per cent from a year earlier. Despite not setting a record for the month, growing and finishing sheep compounds also surpassed year previous levels, doing so by 400 tonnes or 28.6 per cent and reaching 1,800 tonnes. Other feed production was the only feed sector that failed to


reach year earlier output, the 4,500 tonnes produced being 200 tonnes or 4.3 per cent below July 2017 levels. Whilst 2018’s total exactly matched the 10 year average of other feed production for the month, it is worth noting that this mean is significantly skewed downward by the 2,900 tonnes recorded in 2011, one of only two years within the time period that 2018 passed. The 185,600 tonnes of feed produced in Northern Ireland in the


month of July brought about a third consecutive record monthly high, which along with the record levels of output achieved in the first half of the calendar year, produces a healthy picture of the Northern Irish feed


PAGE 6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 FEED COMPOUNDER


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