date:Mar 11, 2014
ity during the second half of 2013, resulting in lamb growth rates being boosted and finishing periods being shortened, meaning fewer hoggs were carried into 2014, said QMS.
The latest slaughter data from Defra showed that in January 2014, Scottish abattoirs killed 2.5% more hoggs than a year earlier. However, at the UK level, supplies were much tighter with UK abattoir throughput 5.5% lower on the year at 1.04m head, said Macdonald.
He said the number of hoggs at price reporting abattoirs