Lamb
13 July 2021
Week ending 9 January, the GB deadweight SQQ averaged 518.6p/kg, 32p higher week on week.
13 July 2021
UK lamb kill during December was 1.25 million head, up 5% on year earlier levels, according to Defra. Total lamb kill for the whole of 2020 was estimated at 13.1 million head, which still puts total lamb kill during 2020 down by 50,000 head on the previous year.
13 July 2021
The latest figures from the UN FAO show that prices have been rising for most agricultural commodities.
13 July 2021
In the final figures from the Defra 2020 June Agricultural Survey, the UK sheep flock figure has been revised downward.
10 February 2021
Chris and Louise Elkington Strategic Farm update
13 July 2021
In the week ending 2 January, the deadweight price rose up by 15.1p on the previous week to average 487.0p/kg. This puts prices up 36.9p on the same week of the previous week.
14 July 2021
Defra’s latest set of Farm Business Income accounts have now been released. The figures are based on 2019/20 with an accounting year ending February 2020.
13 July 2021
The New Zealand lamb crop fell by 1.5% (357,000 head) on the previous spring* to 22.89 million head, according to the latest data from Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
8 July 2024
UK ex-farm wheat prices gained throughout December, supported by a tight domestic supply.
13 July 2021
Deadweight lamb prices have dropped back marginally during the last week.
13 July 2021
Deadweight lamb prices rose while liveweight prices fell away in the latest reporting weeks.
13 July 2021
The number of sheep in the country at the 1 June was down 6% year-on-year, at 8.99 million head.
