UK Jul/Nov '08 Compound Feed Production Down 4Pct
According to the DEFRA, compound feed production in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) amounted to 3.63 mln t in the first five months of marketing year 2008/09 (July/June), 4% below the 3.72 mln t produced in the same period of the previous MY.
Cattle feed output was 1.52 (1.57) mln t, that of pig feed 593,000 (684,000) t and of poultry feed 1.11 (1.11) mln t.
Ingredients used included 1.07 (1.12) mln t of wheat as well as 287,000 (270,000) t of barley, 65,000 (51,000) t of corn, 14,000 (10,000) t of corn gluten feed, 272,000 (291,000) t of rapeseed meal, 447,000 (470,000) t of soybean meal, 79,000 (75,000) t of sunmeal, 61,000 (85,000) t of beet pulp pellets and 115,000 (132,000) t of molasses.
Cattle feed output was 1.52 (1.57) mln t, that of pig feed 593,000 (684,000) t and of poultry feed 1.11 (1.11) mln t.
Ingredients used included 1.07 (1.12) mln t of wheat as well as 287,000 (270,000) t of barley, 65,000 (51,000) t of corn, 14,000 (10,000) t of corn gluten feed, 272,000 (291,000) t of rapeseed meal, 447,000 (470,000) t of soybean meal, 79,000 (75,000) t of sunmeal, 61,000 (85,000) t of beet pulp pellets and 115,000 (132,000) t of molasses.
