Agri-Business
CSO: 10% drop in number of sheep slaughtered in 2024
The number of sheep slaughtered in Ireland in 2024 stood over 2.8 million head, according to the Central Statistics Office...
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Agri-Business
Sheep slaughterings down 35% in year to November - CSO
The number of sheep slaughtered in November stood at 191,000 head, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics...
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Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings up to 1.6m head by October 2024
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland rose by 2.4% between January to October 2024, according to latest figures from...
Beef
Cattle slaughterings up 8.5% in July compared to 12 months earlier
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in July 2024 was 8.5% higher than the same month of 2023, according...
Beef
CSO: Modest rise in cattle slaughterings in first six months of 2024
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland rose by just 0.6% in the first six months of 2024 when compared...
Beef
CSO: 638,000 cattle slaughterings in year to April 2024
New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that cattle slaughterings over the 12 months to April 2024 are...
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings up 1.7% in first three months of 2024
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland rose by 1.7% in the first quarter of this year when compared with...
Agri-Business
CSO: 8% increase in cattle slaughtered in January
The number of cattle slaughtered in January increased by 7.9% when compared with the same month in 2023, the Central...
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Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings down 2.8% between January to October
The number of cattle slaughtered between January and October 2023 fell by 2.8%, to more than 1.5 million head, according...
Beef News
Pig slaughterings down by almost 10% on last year
The number of pigs slaughtered between January and August 2023 is down by 9.7% when compared to the same period...
Agri-Business
CSO: Cattle slaughterings fell 2.6% in first six months of 2023
The number of cattle slaughtered in the first six months of 2023 fell, year on year, by 24,331 head or...
Agri-Business
Cattle slaughterings drop by 5% in a year - CSO
The number of cattle slaughterings in March was almost 5% lower than the same month last year, according to the...
Agri-Business
CSO: 11% increase in number of sheep slaughtered
The number of sheep slaughtered in January increased by 10.8% compared to the same month in 2022, according to the...
Agri-Business
CSO: Number of cattle slaughtered rose by nearly 7% last year
The number of cattle slaughtered between January and December last year increased by 6.7% compared to the same period in...
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Beef News
1.25m cattle slaughtered in first eight months of 2022
The number of cattle slaughtered during the period from January to August 2022 increased by 8.2% compared to last year,...
Beef
Livestock slaughterings down by 7.2% in July - CSO
Slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs in July of this year were all down on the figures for the same...
Sheep News
CSO: Sheep slaughterings up by 12.3% in first half of 2022
The number of sheep slaughtered during the first half of 2022 increased by 12.3%, compared to the same January-June period...
Beef News
CSO: Sheep slaughterings up by 16.8% this yearÂ
The number of sheep slaughtered during the first four months of 2022 increased by 16.8% compared to the same period...