Beef News
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) show that a total of 63,123 calves have been exported...
Dairy News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that over 33,500 young calves have been slaughtered this year.
Dairy
Bord Bia will work to establish a "fair and reasonable" threshold for the slaughter of calves early in the new year.
Beef
The most recent EU beef dashboard has shown Irish beef calves between 8 days and 4 weeks are worth €68/head less than the average EU price.
As of Sunday, June 25 (week 25), there were a total of 1,471,856 births of calves with dairy-breed dams registered, according to te ICBF .
The number of calves from Irish dairy herds being slaughtered has increased by 9% on last year, according to latest figures from DAFM.
Agri-Business
Two new criteria are to be included in Bord Bia's Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS) as a calf slaughter ban moves closer.
Figures from DAFM have revealed that over 4,500 calves were slaughtered at DAFM-approved factories in the week ending Sunday, March 5.
Fonterra updated it terms of supply to stop the practice of calf slaughtering on farms for non replacement animals...
