Dairy Technical
Calf registrations head towards 1.4m for year-to-date
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has reached 1,349,492 head for the year-to-date based on the latest...
Calf Births
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 News
65% of the calves born in 2022 were born to dairy dams
Based on figures released by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), 65% of the calves born in...
Dairy
1.1 million Irish calves born in first 11 weeks of 2023
Over 1.1 million calves have been born in the Republic of Ireland in the first 11 weeks of this year,...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations fall behind 2021 figures
The latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), shows that calf registrations have fallen behind, when compared to...
Dairy Technical
98,664 calves registered last week
The number of calf births took a big jump last week with 98,664 calves registered, based on the latest figures...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Calving season gets underway
Last week saw a major increase in calf registrations, with the number of registered calves doubling for the year to...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach the 2 million mark
As we approach the end of May, spring-calving herds have begun their breeding season – and in many cases their...
Dairy
Disbudding calves as registrations pass one million mark
By definition, disbudding is the removal of an area of skin, including the horn bud, in a young calf prior...
Dairy
Calf registrations approach one million mark
As St. Patricks day approaches, so does the one million mark for calf registrations. Currently calf registrations are 44,166 ahead of...
Dairy
Don't take your eyes of the ball when it comes to calf health
March and into early April is commonly the time when any calf health issues occur on farms. This is usually...
Dairy
Calf exports running 22% ahead of last year
Dairy calf exports are significantly ahead this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to the latest...
Dairy
Calf births surpass the half a million mark
As calf sheds begin to fill and in-calf cow numbers begin to reduce on many farms across the country, we...
Agri-Business
Calf weighing over 90kg born on dairy farm in Scotland
A rather large arrival was delivered on a farm in south-west Scotland last week when a cow went into labour...
Dairy
Little difference between total calf births in 2019 vs. 2018
Growing dairy cow numbers and the fall in beef births looks to have almost evened out total calf births for...
Dairy
Total calf births head towards the 2 million head mark
A total of 1.7 million dairy and beef calves have been registered so far this year, figures from the Irish...
Beef
Calf births strike 2.19 million head
Just over 2.19 million calf births have been registered to beef and dairy dams so far this year, figures from...
Beef
August suckler births at the lowest point in 3 years
Figures have pointed to a slight reduction in the number of calves registered to beef cows – suckler calvings in...