Lamb

28 April 2022

Liveweight OSL SQQ 278.98p/kg in the week ending 27 April

21 April 2022

The GB liveweight OSL SQQ remained steady for the week ending 20 April, dropping only 0.12p to 276.20p/kg.

6 June 2022

Effective worm control is vital in any profitable sheep system. Lambs with even a modest worm burden, with no clinical signs of infection, can have reduced performance and increased costs.

14 April 2022

Lamb prices have again increased on week earlier levels. Growth in the liveweight old season SQQ has slowed, gaining 1.43p week-on-week to 276.32p/kg.

14 April 2022

The key theme so far this year within the lamb industry has been higher availability of lambs. This was expected due to changes in kill patterns over the past few years, impacted by Brexit.

8 June 2022

One of the key objectives for Beef & Lamb Monitor Farmers, G Sordy & Sons, is to build farm resilience. To do this they are working to reduce costs, without compromising animal performance.

12 April 2022

The USDA has just released its latest outlook for global pork, beef and chicken production and trade.

12 April 2022

Unsurprisingly a key theme of the latest outlook was the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the outlook takes an optimistic view over the impact of the conflict on the EU agri-food sector.

7 April 2022

Survey launched to understand impact of the rise in Schmallenberg virus on 2022 lambing season

7 April 2022

Liveweight lamb prices bounced up again in the most recent week, with the OSL SQQ reaching 274.89p/kg. This is the highest the quote has stood so far this year.

31 March 2022

The size of the UK national breeding flock grew last year, standing at 14.5 million head on the 1 December, according to Defra data.

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