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24 March 2022
Liveweight lamb prices picked up in the week ending 23 March. The OSL SQQ stood at 262.08p/kg, up nearly 3p from the week before.
24 March 2022
The total number of cattle, sheep and pigs in Ireland all increased year-on-year, according to the latest survey.
24 March 2022
According to the Defra December census the number of breeding ewes in England on 1 December 2021 contracted 1% on year earlier levels, to 6.4 million head.
24 March 2022
EU sheep meat production last year totalled 468,000 tonnes, 1% more than in 2020, according to the European Commission. Compared to the five-year average, production was down 1%.
17 March 2022
In January UK exports of fresh and frozen sheep meat staged a small recovery compared to the exceptionally low levels recorded in January 2021.
10 March 2022
Lamb prices have diverged in trend with liveweight prices falling and deadweight rising. In the week ended 9 March the GB liveweight OSL SQQ slipped 1.75p, to 259.64p/kg.
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10 March 2022
The latest Defra slaughter data release puts UK lamb slaughter at 864,900 head in February, up 10% on February 2021 levels.
7 March 2022
Total GB animal feed production stood at 5.96 million tonnes in the season to date
7 March 2022
It is hard to say how high energy prices will go, and for how long
3 March 2022
Lamb prices have once again recorded declines in the most recent week. While prices do stand well below year earlier levels, they are still strong on historic terms.
2 March 2022
Everyone is aware input costs have been rising. Using the Defra agricultural price indexes (API) the picture for outputs in the red meat sectors over the last 12 months is rather mixed.