Beef & Lamb

14 April 2022

The key theme so far this year within the lamb industry has been higher availability of lambs. This was expected due to changes in kill patterns over the past few years, impacted by Brexit.

13 April 2022

Further price growth was recorded for GB deadweight cattle in the week ending 9 April.

12 April 2022

The USDA has just released its latest outlook for global pork, beef and chicken production and trade.

12 April 2022

Unsurprisingly a key theme of the latest outlook was the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the outlook takes an optimistic view over the impact of the conflict on the EU agri-food sector.

7 April 2022

Survey launched to understand impact of the rise in Schmallenberg virus on 2022 lambing season

7 April 2022

Liveweight lamb prices bounced up again in the most recent week, with the OSL SQQ reaching 274.89p/kg. This is the highest the quote has stood so far this year.

6 April 2022

In the week ending 2 April, GB deadweight cattle prices experienced further price gains.

1 April 2022

Sales of red meat pre-prepared meals have grown 2.4% in the last year, with the number of shoppers choosing convenient meals now at a five-year high.

2 January 2025

Global beef export prices were rising through most of 2021 although they did cool slightly during the fourth quarter. Although this took the edge off prices slightly, they are still elevated compared to historic averages.

31 March 2022

The size of the UK national breeding flock grew last year, standing at 14.5 million head on the 1 December, according to Defra data.

31 March 2022

The OSL SQQ rose by nearly 6p to 267.90p/kg

20 February 2024

UK prices follow global price rises in response to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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