Sheep throughput up 12% compared to last year

It is the store lamb trade that farmers are more worried about.

Spring lambs were slower to come forward for processing this year, partly due to the higher input costs, and variable grass growth across the country. File photo: iStock

Processors have encouraged farmers to keep lambs moving to slaughter when ready, warning against over-supply if they are held back until the autumn.

The slaughter throughput for 2022 has been 12% ahead of the same period last year, mostly due to a higher hogget kill in the early months of the year.