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Beef & Lamb
13 November 2020
16 June 2020
During March, soya meal markets recorded elevated levels of support in the face of coronavirus. Global demand for feed increased, while global availability fell. Countries that had first entered lock-downs experienced large-scale logistical disruptions. Recently, with global soya supply at a high, soya meal prices have since retraced back to pre-March levels. This has provided some respite for the UK livestock industry, which makes use of imports for protein feed sources.
3 February 2025
If you are looking to start up, or are running your own farm beef, lamb or pork box scheme, we have produced supporting materials for farmers and customers.
28 March 2025
Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.
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13 July 2021
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Britain, and even more so since ‘lockdown’ there has been some concern over kill capacity in Great Britain.
17 April 2020
Economic forecasts have been significantly revised
23 January 2025
The largest volume of meat from the carcase, commonly sold at retail, is mince. Although in volume at least 43% of the carcase is minced; in value it only contributes around £780/head* to the overall retail value of the carcase meat.
13 July 2021
During March, the UK lamb kill dropped by 101,600 head year-on-year, to 891,400 head. Ewe kill was back 5%, to 131,900 head.
14 July 2021
UK beef production totalled 82,200 tonnes in March, up 8% year-on-year, according to data from Defra.
13 July 2021
During the week ending 15 April, the GB liveweight OSL SQQ gained 3p, to 216.28p/kg. Prices are once again above previous year levels, although significantly lower than pre-lockdown levels.
14 July 2021
In the week ending 11 April the GB overall deadweight average fell by 8p to £3.28/kg
16 April 2020
Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers