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Dairy
Over 78,000 fewer calves born to dairy sires in 2024
Darren Carty
A combination of greater use of sexed semen, increased beef sire selection and reduced births is underpinning reduced births to dairy sires.
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Sharp decline in calf registrations in 2024
There has been a marked drop in the number of calf births registered in 2024.
10 July 2024 News
Mixed reaction to new €20m Beef Welfare Scheme
Farmers are pleased to see meal feeding continuing as a mandatory option but there is some disquiet regarding the fact that autumn-born weanlings may miss out on payments
Over 100,000 fewer Friesian-sired calves born in 2023
The reduction in Friesian births was replaced by 88,155 more Angus calves, 18,672 Hereford and 6,140 Belgian Blue.
30 June 2024 News
Dairy calf birth registrations rising in Britain
Calf birth registrations in Britain shows an ongoing rise in the number of animals originating from a dairy dam.
5 June 2024 Northern Ireland
Sharp decline in NI calf registrations in 2024
Fewer calf births have been registered on cattle farms from January to May 2024.
5 June 2024 Northern Ireland