Latest Census Figures

Frank-the-Wool · Oct 15, 2021

In the FW there is an article about the latest census figures from June.
It makes very interesting reading and also explains part of the Pig problem. There were 4.23 million pigs, a massive 5.4% increase in numbers on 2020.

Cattle numbers have fallen again with just over 5 million head, if you go back to 1984 then it was almost 8 million!
Sheep numbers down 2.7% to 14.6 million head. Breeding sheep down 1.9% but other sheep down more.

neilo · Oct 15, 2021

Frank-the-Wool said:
In the FW there is an article about the latest census figures from June.
It makes very interesting reading and also explains part of the Pig problem. There were 4.23 million pigs, a massive 5.4% increase in numbers on 2020.

Cattle numbers have fallen again with just over 5 million head, if you go back to 1984 then it was almost 8 million!
Sheep numbers down 2.7% to 14.6 million head. Breeding sheep down 1.9% but other sheep down more.

Given such reductions in ruminants over the last 3-4 decades, it’s surprising the Earth is supposed to be warming so much.

Hmmm.

Frank-the-Wool · Oct 15, 2021

neilo said:
Given such reductions in ruminants over the last 3-4 decades, it’s surprising the Earth is supposed to be warming so much.

Hmmm.

Its the flying pigs!!

Muck Spreader · Oct 16, 2021

Frank-the-Wool said:
In the FW there is an article about the latest census figures from June.
It makes very interesting reading and also explains part of the Pig problem. There were 4.23 million pigs, a massive 5.4% increase in numbers on 2020.

Cattle numbers have fallen again with just over 5 million head, if you go back to 1984 then it was almost 8 million!
Sheep numbers down 2.7% to 14.6 million head. Breeding sheep down 1.9% but other sheep down more.

Don't know the pig business, but were the numbers already backing up in June, since the problem with the shortage of abattoir workers would go back quite a bit further than that? :scratchhead:

Frank-the-Wool · Oct 16, 2021

Muck Spreader said:
Don't know the pig business, but were the numbers already backing up in June, since the problem with the shortage of abattoir workers would go back quite a bit further than that?

Yes they were by the looks of it. The problem was the lack of export for the Sows after Brexit and so loads more were kept and by the look of it put to the Boar thereby aggravating an already bad situation.

Gedd · Oct 16, 2021

Frank-the-Wool said:
Its the flying pigs!!

Yeh the ones on aviation fuel

Yale · Oct 17, 2021

And yet you can’t buy good sized gammons in the supermarkets.

Aldi were doing them in the spring,Tesco have had odd ones in lately although that is the only thing we would go in there for.

This one is currently in the slow cooker 1/3 bag of Demerara in the bottom,set it to go all day then switch off and leave overnight.

Baste the sugar over a few times.

The kids then have quality ham for their dinner box all week,not that plastic rubbish.

Bald Rick · Oct 17, 2021

Frank-the-Wool said:
In the FW there is an article about the latest census figures from June.
It makes very interesting reading and also explains part of the Pig problem. There were 4.23 million pigs, a massive 5.4% increase in numbers on 2020.

Cattle numbers have fallen again with just over 5 million head, if you go back to 1984 then it was almost 8 million!
Sheep numbers down 2.7% to 14.6 million head. Breeding sheep down 1.9% but other sheep down more.

Haven’t returned my census since the early 80s ... and probably not the only one so one wonders at the accuracy of the quoted figures?

tullah · Oct 17, 2021

Bald Rick said:
Haven’t returned my census since the early 80s ... and probably not the only one so one wonders at the accuracy of the quoted figures?

Same

Frank-the-Wool · Oct 17, 2021

Bald Rick said:
Haven’t returned my census since the early 80s ... and probably not the only one so one wonders at the accuracy of the quoted figures?

Yes I agree, but the cattle figures are correct as they take them from BCMS.
Sheep numbers more suspect but every month the numbers of ear tags supplied are calculated so the number of lambs is fairly accurate.
They have been doing it for a long time so I guess even if 50% of the people don't do a return those that do are a representative sample to give the %'s.

Pigs are probably accurate as there are so few people who keep the numbers of them these days.

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