date:Jul 15, 2014
e, there will be a significant increase in the 2014 lamb crop. Comparing that information with December data on breeding sheep numbers helps to refine expectation.
QMS believes the GB lamb crop could be up 7% on last year, due to higher breeding sheep numbers, in England in particular. However, Ashworth added: This does not necessarily mean that the wider marketplace will be over-supplied with lamb. Even if these extra lambs reached the market, it would still leave the annual total well below