date:Jul 15, 2014
d 50% more. QMS said a similar pattern had emerged in the Republic of Ireland where abattoir throughputs of lamb are up by around 20%.
Ashworth said there was an increased lamb crop in 2014: By comparing the number of lambs reaching abattoirs during June with historic precedent, we can begin to develop a view on the size of the 2014 lamb crop, for example between 5-6% of the lamb crop typically reaches the market in June.
On the basis of this proportion of the lamb crop sold by the end of Jun