Dairy
Calf registrations down by over 56,000 in 2024
Data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) shows that up until December 27, 2024, there were 56,622 less calf...
Calf Registrations
Dairy
ICBF: 'Technical issues' cause delays in genotype results
A number of farmers have claimed to have experienced delays in receiving their results on genotype information for calves born...
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Beef
Beef-sired calf births more than double dairy-sired births
The number of beef-sired calves born in the first six months of this year is more than double the number...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach 1.5m for 2024
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has reached 1,477,133 head for the year-to-date based on the latest...
Dairy Technical
Dairy calf registrations surpass 980,000 head
The total number of calf registrations to dairy dams has reached 982,981, with total registrations reaching 1,134,940. The data from...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: 1 million mark reached for 2024
The total number of calf registrations up until March 15, 2024 has reached 1,015,238 head, based on data from the...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations from dairy dams fall by 100,000 to date
The latest data for calf registrations from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) shows that the number of calves registered...
Dairy Technical
Calf registration data shows slow start to 2024
The spring calving season is now underway, with data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) showing that there has...
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Beef
Over 200,000 cows had no calf registered last year
Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have revealed that over 200,000 cows in Ireland had...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations surpass two million for 2023
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has surpassed two million for 2023, based on Irish Cattle Breeding...
Dairy Technical
Suckler calf registrations down 108,460 since 2017
Calf registrations for suckler-bred animals have fallen by over 100,000 head in the last six years, while dairy numbers have...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach 2 million mark for 2023
The total number of calf registrations in 2023 to-date stands just shy of two million at 1,941,492 head based on...
Dairy News
Calf registrations surpass 1.7 million for the year
Calf registrations have surpassed 1.7 million head for the year to date, with a total of 53,628 calves registered in...
Beef News
Calf registrations: 78% of all calves born from dairy herds
A total of 78% of the 1.68 million calves registered to-date this year have came from the dairy herd, according...
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Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Beef registrations down 14,000 on 2022
The number of calf registrations to beef dams is down 14,509 this year when compared to the same period in...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Dairy calf numbers surpass 1 million
Total calf registrations have reached 1,232,414 head for the year to date, which is 12,392 calves ahead of the same...
Dairy News
Calf registrations edge closer to 1 million mark
Total calf registrations for 2023 have reached 988,000 head, based on the latest updated from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation...
Dairy News
Calf registrations: Beef numbers down by 7,532 head
Calf registrations for the year to date have surpassed 840,000 head, with just shy of 151,000 calves registered in the...