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Beef & Lamb
14 July 2021
Irish census results show fewer cattle and more sheep on the ground in December year-on-year.
10 October 2025
With careful management, lucerne provides a nutritious and highly digestible crop for grazing livestock.
1 April 2020
Offal contributed just over £27m to GB grocery this past year
13 July 2021
The GB OSL liveweight SQQ rose by just over 4p to average 242.76p/kg, in the week ending 11 March.
13 July 2021
Overall, production was down 2,000 tonnes, at 19,900 tonnes in February. 835,600 lambs came forwards which is fewer than the same month last year.
14 July 2021
UK beef production was 74,900 tonnes in February, according to data from Defra.
13 July 2021
There are concerns that New Zealand sheep meat originally destined for China might be diverted towards Europe. Reports from New Zealand have confirmed the diverted product has mainly headed towards the Middle East.
16 March 2020
In the first budget since the 2019 general election, the agricultural sector retained red diesel subsidies, for another year at least, despite them being scrapped for most sectors.
12 March 2020
Last week the latest GB animal feed production and usage stats (including integrated poultry units) were released. This showed the total usage season-to-date (Jul-Jan) has dropped 1.5% compared to the same period in 2018/19.
14 July 2021
In the week ending 7 March, the all prime cattle price rose slightly, up by 0.1p on the week to average 335.2p/kg.
14 July 2021
Defra has released its Farm Practices Survey, conducted in the autumn.
11 March 2020
Negotiations between the EU and UK formally began on March 2 2020. Both sides have published a mandate for their respective negotiating objectives