Content related to the topic: lamb

7 February 2022

Devon and Cornwall farm joins AHDB Farm Excellence project

A farming business situated on the North Cornwall-Devon border has been successful in applying to be a new AHDB Monitor Farm.

20 March 2025

Watery mouth in lambs

Watery mouth is an infectious bacterial disease that can kill newborn lambs usually within the first 3 days of life. Lambs pick up infection from the environment and the bacteria multiply very rapidly in the gut. Affected lambs die within hours.

3 February 2022

Mixed week for GB lamb prices

The GB liveweight OSL SQQ rose by nearly 1.5p to average 269.5p/kg in the w/e 2 Feb.

5 March 2025

Australian cattle and sheep outlooks forecast greater production in 2023

The latest Australian cattle and sheep industry forecasts have been released by Meat and Livestock Australia.

27 January 2022

AHDB's red meat outlooks for 2022 now online

Our latest outlooks explore production, consumption and trade for each sector.

27 January 2022

Liveweight lamb prices move up

Having recorded a few consecutive weeks of declines liveweight lamb prices rose this week. In the week ended 26 January, the GB liveweight OSL SQQ gained 4.81p, to 268.03p/kg.

30 January 2024

Feed report: 26 January 2022

It was a volatile month for feed ingredient prices, with omicron uncertainty weighing on prices but dry weather in South America bringing lift.

26 January 2022

What could 2022 bring for UK sheep meat imports?

In 2022 we are expecting to see many of the previous trends to continue. Australia recently signed a trade deal with the UK, and once this is ratified we do expect to see an increase in volumes from Australia.

26 January 2022

Divergence in trend for Chinese red meat imports

China’s pig herd has been growing, as the sector recovers from the worst impacts of African Swine Fever. But what did this mean for China’s imports of animal protein in 2021?

26 January 2022

Economic Outlook – January 2022

So, what does 2022 hold for the UK economy? It is not only experiencing the aftershocks of EU Exit but also the massive impact of a global pandemic that is showing little sign of abating at the time of writing.

20 January 2022

GB lamb prices ease

The GB liveweight OSL SQQ slipped 5p to average 263.22p/kg in the week ending 19 Jan

19 January 2022

Change in pattern for UK sheep meat trade during November

Exports in the year-to November were down 20%, to 62,200 tonnes. There were some challenges to exporting in 2021 with not only the on-going Covid-19 pandemic but also new trading arrangements and trade friction post the end of the Brexit transition period.