Content related to the topic: lamb

5 February 2025

The production impacts of high nitrogen fertiliser prices for arable and grazing livestock in 2023

Scenario modelling of fertiliser prices and production impacts for arable and dairy, beef and lamb in 2023

28 October 2022

GB lamb prices ease in October

GB new season lamb prices continued to ease in October following seasonal trends.

21 October 2022

UK lamb trade down in August

Exports of fresh/frozen lamb tolled 5,600 tonnes in August, a 3% (200 tonne) decline from July

2 November 2022

Sheep meat production falls in September on the back of low slaughter

According to the latest Defra figures, UK sheep meat production in September totalled 21,400 tonnes, 11% lower than year earlier volumes.

14 October 2022

Store prices ease for both sheep and cattle

A wrap-up of recent GB store sheep and cattle price movements

2 January 2025

Australian sheep forecast update

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) have revised their 2022 sheep industry projections upwards.

13 October 2022

Autumn 2022 EU short-term outlook: red meat summary

The latest EU short-term outlook has been released for the red meat sector.

18 April 2023

EU beef and sheep meat production set for declines in 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

Continental EU lamb prices remain supported

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.

11 October 2022

Ultrasound scanning guidance by Signet

This manual provides new guidelines for ultrasound scanning of sheep for muscle and fat depth. Ultrasound scanning provides measures for body composition in sheep breeding programmes, designed to enhance carcase yield and conformation, while optimising fatness.

11 October 2022

Terminal Sire Breeding Evaluation manual

In the 25 years since the introduction of across-flock evaluations, more than 3 million terminal sire sheep records have been analysed by Signet Breeding Services. This analysis has been carried out by using a dataset of over 650,000 ultrasound scans for muscle and fat depth, and over 10,000 images from computed tomography (CT). The UK breeds sheep with world-leading terminal sire genetics and has some of the best tools for measuring and analysing sheep in the world.

7 October 2022

EU beef and lamb production: 2022 first half overview

A wrap-up of EU beef and sheep meat production during the first half of 2022