Jan 21, 2025 · Plans to maximise the potential of red meat exports to Europe are being stepped with the continued roll-out of Quality Meat from Britain. Underpinned by a new website developed by AHDB, Quality Meat from Britain aims to provide consistent messaging around provenance and high production standards for British red meat…

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Jan 3, 2025 · According to AHDB calculations, producers enjoyed positive net margins of £16/head, £15/head and £19/head over the first three quarters of the year, as the domestic pig price stayed remarkably consistent, despite plummeting EU prices, and input costs were steady and manageable, with feed costs falling during Q3.

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Jan 22, 2025 · Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain. The EU-spec SPP has continued its downwards trend at the start of 2025, losing a further 0.46p to stand at 204.12p/kg during the week ended January 18.

Feb 2, 2024 · Feed costs remained consistent at 121p/kg, making up an estimated 62% of total costs Q4, compared with 69% in Q4 2022, when feed averaged 154p/kg and 73% in Q2 2022, when feed costs hit an eye-watering peak of 175p/kg.

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Mar 15, 2024 · UK pig throughputs remain well below typical levels, amid suggestions from the trade that tight supplies, combined with rising EU prices could support the market over the coming weeks. February U

Oct 16, 2023 · The year-on-year decline in UK pork production continued through September, on the back of reduced pig numbers coming through the system. Defra’s latest monthly slaughter statistics show September UK clean pig slaughterings were down 11% on September 2022 at 780,000 head, with pigmeat production 10.2%,73,000 tonnes, …

Oct 14, 2024 · September sow and boar slaughterings were down 0.6% year on year at 18,000, but this remained above the July and August figures. UK pigmeat production in September, at 79,000 tonnes, was also 5.2% up year on year, according to the Defra figures.