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Beef & Lamb
2 January 2025
The UK’s 27 million households have a collective 82 billion consumption moments each year, providing a huge opportunity for our industry to influence what people choose to eat
14 July 2021
According to the latest Defra survey, the UK cattle population totalled 9.4 million head as of the 1 December, 1% (93k head) less than the same point in the previous year.
13 July 2021
As of the 1 December, the total sheep population in the UK totalled 21.84 million head, 4% (930k head) lower than the same point in the previous year, according to the latest survey from Defra.
13 July 2021
Deadweight lamb prices rose further again this week, up by 4.5p to total 638.6p/kg for the week ending 20 March. Prices are currently up by 87.2p on the same week of the previous year and 170p higher than the five-year-average.
29 March 2021
Lamb has faced long term volumes challenges linked to pressure from evolving consumer needs and tastes alongside the higher price point of lamb.
13 July 2021
Total sheep meat production in the EU-27 dropped back during 2020. 421,000 tonnes of sheep meat were produced by EU-27 countries, a decrease of 4% (-16,000 tonnes) on 2019 levels.
14 July 2021
In the week ended 20 March, the deadweight cattle trade jumped up again.
7 March 2025
The Covid-19 pandemic did not stop us celebrating Valentine's Day, with total Valentine's food and drink sales up £85m compared to 2020.
7 December 2021
Consumers are rethinking their attitudes towards red meat and dairy produced in Britain as the result of AHDB’s ground-breaking We Eat Balanced campaign launched earlier this year
23 March 2021
The redistribution of red meat levies is to take account of cross-border livestock movements between England, Wales and Scotland
6 April 2021
Strategic Farm update from Johnny Haimes
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26 March 2021
Levy boards agree on new red meat levy distribution scheme