Beef
416,500 cattle that were processed at EU-approved beef factories in 2022, came from Controlled Finishing Units (CFUs) or feedlots.
Beef News
Figures from DAFM show that as of November 2022, there are 374 Controlled Finishing Units (CFUs) or 'feedlots' in Ireland.
The report in to the Irish beef sector by prominent economist Jim Power was released this evening, Tuesday, March 3.
'Feedlot status' beef will be ineligible for export to China, under terms of access, according to Bord Bia's Joe Burke.
The chronic depression that farmers are taking on beef price is not being passed along the food chain, Supermac's chief has stated.
Figures from the department show that the number of slaughtered animals coming from feedlots increased by 7% this year until July.
Figures show that an average of 28,200 cattle have been slaughtered from Controlled Finishing Units - each month - for the first five months of 2019.
MII has responded to the document titled ‘The Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025’.
Minister Michael Creed has been called on to impose a levy on feedlot cattle by one of the candidates in the European Parliament elections.
Competition - or lack thereof - in the beef industry was a key theme discussed before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture today.
A total of 54,000 cattle originating from department defined 'Controlled Finishing Units' were slaughtered in January and February this year.
The Department of Agriculture has now begun publishing the numbers of cattle killed at plants originating from "controlled finishing units".
Over the last few months some new figures have emerged in relation feedlot operations in Ireland.
The different regulations between feedlot and non-feedlot herds when it comes to an outbreak of TB have been outlined by Minister Creed.
Around 5% of the total feedlot kill - which constitutes about 18% of the national beef kill - originates from factory-owned feedlots.
A debate over the extent of specifically factory-owned feedlot operations in Ireland was heard across the national airwaves earlier today.
The number of factory-feeder herds - moving only to slaughter - has increased sixfold across the country over the last decade.
Concerns have been raised over the increasing feedlot kill figures on the overall beef market by Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy.
Concerns that feedlot operations "undermine" the image of Irish beef as promoted under Origin Green have been raised.
Some 315,722 cattle that originated from 'factory feedlots' were slaughtered in beef plants up to and including the week ending December 16.
Although a topic of much debate currently, feedlot buyers are continuing to make their presence felt at the ringside.
The former president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), Eddie Downey, recently dismissed calls for feedlots to be banned in Ireland.
