Contents tagged with lamb
20 June 2025
UK beef production for May rose by 2% on April, but was down 4% vs May 2024. Clean sheep slaughter dropped on the month, following strong slaughter in the run up to Easter.
16 June 2025
Finished and store prices across New Zealand (NZ) have been going from strength to strength over recent months. This article looks at what is behind these elevated prices and what this could mean for New Zealand product in the UK.
9 May 2025
Using the first two months of UK beef and lamb trade data, this article recaps UK exports during this period and monitors imports of beef and lamb and their origins.
17 April 2025
UK beef production fell 3.5% year on year in Q1, driven by lower slaughter and lighter carcase weights. Lamb production slipped 4.5% year on year in the first quarter of 2025, with a fewer clean and adult sheep coming forward.
3 April 2025
As the worlds biggest exporter of sheep meat, Australian sheep meat prices, production and exports have a significant impact on the global sheep sector. This article examines Australia’s current export position with a specific focus on what this means for the UK.
20 June 2025
A summary of the movements in this week's cattle and sheep markets.
21 March 2025
High domestic prices have limited growth in export volumes for both beef and lamb in the first month of 2025. Meanwhile, imports show a far more mixed picture between the sectors, with beef imports down and lamb imports up.
20 March 2025
This week's view of the cattle and sheep markets
27 February 2025
The European sheep flock continues to shrink, with a 1.5 million head decrease reported at the end of 2023.
20 February 2025
UK sheep meat production is expected to grow in 2025.
14 February 2025
This week's view of cattle and sheep markets.
3 February 2025
The latest edition of Ruminant News for cattle and sheep farmers is available to download.