April 24, 2013

Great Britain's animal feed production rises by 5.9%

Retail production of animal feed in Great Britain had grown 5.9% in February 2013 as compared to the same month in 2012.

Statistics released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Comparing the same periods, total raw material use in the retail production of animal feeds saw a growth of 6.5%, while the total amount of integrated feed production fell 2.5%.

In the 12 month moving total prior to February 2013, the total production of compound feed, blends and concentrates was 10,095,000 tonnes.

This was broken down into: cattle/calf feed-4,026,000 tonnes; pig feed-1,531,000 tonnes; poultry feed-3,192,000 tonnes; sheep feed-782,000 tonnes; horse feed-183,000 tonnes; and other compounds, blends and concentrates at 381,000 tonnes.

The total from other processed feed stuffs in straight form, including flaked corn, molasses feedstuffs, etc. came to 140,000 tonnes.

The UK compound feed market is dominated by two feed companies BOCM-Paul and ABNA, the only nationwide manufacturers and suppliers of compound feed. The rest of the market composed of regional small-medium sized, independent feed manufacturers, and farm co-operatives.

BOCM PAULS manufactures compound feeds from 11 feed mills, and blended feeds from seven plants. ABNA own and operate 10 feed mills throughout Great Britain.