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The increase in production was underpinned by lamb throughput increasing by 11% to 924,000 head, while ewe throughput also increased by 5% to reach 82,600.
The volume of sheepmeat produced in the first half of the 2021/2022 season fell to 256,000t, while export volumes also fell by 14% on the previous season.
In May 2021, sheep farmer prospects were first rate with a depressed wool market the only blot on a positive horizon. This year’s 2022 prospects copybook is unfortunately not as clear cut.
The spring lamb trade has started relatively positively, with lambs averaging from €165 to €180 in marts, but the trade has been overshadowed by heavy cull ewes making €220 to €270 per head.
New Zealand filled just 35% of its tariff-free EU quota in 2021 and this is unlikely to change with continued demand from China, higher transport costs and freight container availability issues.
The latest data published by the European Commission shows New Zealand exported 52,077t of sheepmeat to the EU in 2021, a significant fall of 10,899t on 2020 volumes.
There is a modest recovery expected in global sheepmeat supplies in 2022 and Bord Bia predict market performance to stabilise once we get beyond the first few weeks of January.
There is a modest recovery expected in global sheepmeat supplies in 2022 and Bord Bia predicts market performance to stabilise once we get beyond the first few weeks of January.