Beef
'Ireland needs a €200 per suckler cow incentive to reduce numbers in light of oversupply of beef in Europe and the complete lack of profitability in the suckler sector'
Dairy
New animal welfare regulations are to come into effect in New Zealand which relate to the treatment of bobby calves, the Ministry for Primary Industries has announced.
Agri-Business
While calf exports increased more than 460% in the first six weeks of 2016, a six-year welfare-based programme in Britain resulted in the near cessation of that trade.
It is better to promptly and humanely slaughter unwanted dairy bull calves born this spring than for them to be mistreated or exported.
The multitude of unwanted dairy bull calves about the country since the onset of calving has once more highlighted the need for sexed semen technology to advance.
