Lamb
16 December 2021
Production during the month totalled 24,700 tonnes, down 10% on-the-year. 11% fewer lambs came forwards.
15 December 2021
Continuing the trend recorded throughout 2021, UK fresh and frozen sheep meat exports were down 12% on-the-year during October, to 7,000 tonnes according to HMRC data.
28 October 2024
Find out the latest KPIs for lamb.
30 January 2024
A tight supply and demand picture continues to support UK feed grain and protein prices
19 January 2022
The latest research, led by the University of Edinburgh, has shown that beef and sheep farmers are highly motivated to improve neonatal outcomes. However, they often attribute external factors as limiting their ability to make changes to their practice. Alongside the multifactorial nature of neonatal mortality, efforts to improve neonatal survival must be tailored to the farm’s specific circumstances.
17 December 2021
Last week US authorities removed the small ruminant rule, which was introduced more than 20 years ago banning imports of lamb from the UK and other countries where scrapie had been identified. In this article we look at what this will mean for the sheep sector.
9 December 2021
The lamb crop in New Zealand has increased slightly on the year, to 22.7 million head, according to Beef and Lamb NZ. There was a decline in the size of the breeding flock, but this was offset by a higher lambing percentage.
2 December 2021
Christmas lamb kill is now well under way, and has brought another increase to an already buoyant price.
10 November 2022
A round up of the key lamb market headlines.
3 February 2023
A round up of the key lamb market headlines.
11 January 2022
Welsh sheep numbers increased year-on-year according to the June 2021 survey, while the pig herd shrunk. Cattle numbers remained relatively stable.
25 November 2021
Liveweight lamb prices have continued to strengthen in the most recent week. Having fallen last week, this week prices gained back what was lost, and more.