Contents tagged with lamb
2 December 2022
Demand for sheep meat in key East Asian markets has fallen overall so far in 2022 compared to the same period a year ago.
18 November 2022
According to latest Defra figures, UK sheep meat production in October totalled 24,400 tonnes, up 6% (1,400 tonnes) on the revised September production figures (of 23,000 tonnes).
13 October 2022
The latest EU short-term outlook has been released for the red meat sector.
18 April 2023
In the European Commission’s short-term Spring outlook, EU beef and sheep meat production are forecast to see year-on-year (YOY) declines in 2023, at 1.6% and 1.2% respectively, driven by lower slaughter.
25 April 2023
With key lamb producing regions seeing flock declines, EU production is forecast to decline by 1.2% year-on-year (YOY) in 2023, potentially supporting prices on the continent.
25 August 2022
For the week ending 24 August, the GB liveweight NSL SQQ stood at 239.5p/kg, only marginally down on the price seen the previous week, and in line with the price seen for the same week last year.
17 August 2022
The UK exported 5,400 tonnes of fresh and frozen sheep meat during June, down 200 tonnes from May, but up 17% year on year for the month of June.
11 August 2022
From the latest Defra data, the UK produced 22,300 tonnes of sheep meat for the month of July, a decrease of 8% (2,000 tonnes) year on year.
12 August 2022
Since our last update in June, average grass growth has been significantly affected by the weather and has generally worsened against 3-year averages for dairy, beef and sheep farms.
16 August 2022
James Taylor joined the Beef & Lamb sector council two years ago
14 June 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee not only celebrated one of the UK’s greatest exports, but it also helped promote beef and lamb from the UK in two valuable overseas markets.