cent to 20,200 tonnes. Compounds for breeding sheep and blends for growing and finishing sheep both lost 1,500 tonnes from their earlier totals, with the former dropping 45.5 per cent to 1,800 tonnes and the latter dropping 24.2 per cent to 4,700 tonnes. A 70.0 per cent or 700 tonnes drop in blends for breeding sheep to 300 tonnes constituted the remainder of the fall in sheep feed output. At 9,300 tonnes, horse feed production slumped to its lowest level


since 1998, 2,300 tonnes or 19.8 per cent below the output of a year earlier. Furthermore, 2019’s total was 1,400 tonnes or 13.1 per cent lower than the mean of the last ten July’s. Total other feed also fell behind both its year previous returns


and the 10 year average for the month. The 32,700 tonnes of output was the lowest since 2008 and 9,100 tonnes or 21.8 per cent below the production of a year earlier, whilst the 10 year average for July was 5,800 tonnes or 15.1 per cent greater than the current month. In a theme observed throughout this column, protein concentrates


displayed strong and consistent growth throughout the feed production industry. Once again there was distinct difference between the ruminant and non-ruminant sectors, with pig feed production surpassing last year’s total and poultry feed falling only slightly behind. However, this difference is less marked than it was earlier in the year.


Second Quarter Overview Total production of compounds, blends and concentrates, including integrated poultry units, during the second quarter of 2019 amounted to 3,230,800 tonnes which, despite being the fourth highest total for the quarter on record, was a significant 152,200 tonnes or 4.5 per cent lower than the record high 3,383,300 tonnes produced in the same period a year previously .The current total was, however, 49,200 tonnes or 1.6 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the timeframe. Total feed production during the second quarter of 2019 was made


up of: 48.5 per cent poultry feed; 28.5 per cent cattle and calf feed; 14.1 per cent pig feed; 4.8 per cent sheep feed; 3.0 per cent other feed; and 1.1 per cent horse feed. Cattle and calf feed output dropped to its lowest level for the


quarter since 2016. At 919,800 tonnes, production was down 53,200 tonnes or 5.5 per cent on Q2 levels from a year earlier. 2019’s second quarter production was also only just above the 10 year average for the timeframe, standing 1,800 tonne or 0.2 per cent above it. Despite this sizeable drop, protein concentrates for cattle and


calves increased from year earlier second quarter levels by 64.0 per cent or 8,900 tonnes to reach 22,800 tonnes. Compounds for dairy cows was the only other sub sector to improve from 2018, doing so by 5,200 tonnes or 1.0 per cent with 505,000 tonnes produced in the quarter under review. There was a 25,300 tonne fall in blends for dairy cows when Q2 2019 is compared to Q2 2018, a reduction of 13.4 per cent to 163,100 tonnes while all other cattle feed decreased by 16,200 tonnes or 10.8 per cent with 133,200 tonnes of production. All calf feed production was reduced by nearly a third, dropping 16,000 tonnes from 51,200 tonnes to 35,200 tonnes. Additionally, all other cattle blends also saw production fall considerably from its year earlier total, dropping


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9,600 tonnes or 13.7 per cent to 60,600 tonnes. At 456,400 tonnes, second quarter pig feed production surpassed


its year earlier counterpart by 15,200 tonnes or 3.5 per cent. The 10 year average for the quarter, of 422,000 tonnes was also outstripped by 34,400 tonnes or 8.2 per cent. Pig link and early grower feed was the only subsector to fall below


year previous levels, doing so by 1,300 tonnes or 5.5 per cent with production at 22,300 tonnes. Pig starters and creep feed and protein concentrates for pigs both grew by 600 tonnes, the former to 14,000 tonnes, an increase of 4.5 per cent and the latter to 3,100 tonnes, an increase of 24.0 per cent. Pig growing feed reached 84,700 tonnes, bettering 2018 Q2 production by 4,200 tonnes or 5.2 per cent; pig breeding feed at 106,100 tonnes did so by 5,700 tonnes or 5.7 per cent and pig finishing feed at 226,200 tonnes did so by 5,600 tonnes or 2.5 per cent. Despite not being able to match the record total set a year earlier,


poultry feed production at 1,566,600 tonnes was the fourth highest production total on record. Falling 29,400 tonnes or 1.8 per cent below the previous year’s total, 2019’s return was nevertheless 42,500 tonnes or 2.8 per cent greater than the 10 year average for the quarter. Chick rearing feed and all other poultry feed both fell 200 tonnes


behind their year earlier counterparts with production amounting to 34,200 tonnes and 94,600 tonnes, respective drops of 0.6 and 0.2 per cent. In contrast, there was a 240 per cent increase in poultry protein concentrates which climbed 2,400 tonnes to reach a record high of 3,400 tonnes for the quarter, this, along with a rise of 100 tonnes in broiler chicken feed to 530,900 tonnes, were the only sub sectors of poultry feed to surpass their 2018 second quarter returns. At 85,900 tonnes poultry breeding and rearing feed dropped 1,200 tonnes or 1.4 per cent whilst there were more substantial falls in both integrated poultry units and layer feed. Integrated poultry units fell to their lowest ever production rate with 521,800 tonnes being produced in the Q2 2019, 15,000 tonnes or 2.8 per cent less than was amassed in the same period a year earlier whilst layer feed, at 273,800 tonnes, fell by 11,400 tonnes or 4.0 per cent. Not since 2011 had sheep feed in the second quarter of a year


dropped to such low levels. The 156,000 tonnes produced was 56,000 tonnes or 26.4 per cent lower than 2018’s total and furthermore, was 21,900 tonnes or 12.3 per cent lower than the 10 year average for the


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