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Beef & Lamb
2 November 2022
According to the latest Defra figures, UK sheep meat production in September totalled 21,400 tonnes, 11% lower than year earlier volumes.
20 October 2022
During August, the UK imported 17,900 tonnes of fresh and frozen beef, up 500 tonnes on July (3%), however back 3,500 tonnes (16%) on August last year.
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20 October 2022
Defra’s latest production figures indicate that 73,400 tonnes of beef and veal was produced in September.
20 October 2022
Bryan Griffiths joined the sector council last year to ensure the needs of levy payers are at the heart of the work of AHDB
14 October 2022
A wrap-up of recent GB store sheep and cattle price movements
2 January 2025
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) have revised their 2022 sheep industry projections upwards.
13 October 2022
The latest EU short-term outlook has been released for the red meat sector.
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13 October 2022
Following three years of research, three new maternal estimated breeding values (EBVs) have been added to the National Beef Evaluations (NBE) database by AHDB.
18 April 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
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
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
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.