Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine show that the number of slaughtered animals coming from ‘department defined controlled finishing…
Factory-owned and factory-controlled feedlots are “important for ensuring” an all-year-round supply of in-spec cattle, Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has stated. The organisation –…
A total of 54,000 cattle originating from ‘Controlled Finishing Units’ – or Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine defined ‘restricted feedlots’ –…
Approximately 5% of the total annual beef kill originates specifically from factory-owned or factory-controlled feedlots. This figure was revealed by Cormac Healy senior…
A debate over the extent of specifically factory-owned feedlot operations in Ireland was heard across the national airwaves earlier today (Thursday, February 21).…
The number of department-defined (restricted) feedlots – whereby stock moved only to slaughter – has increased sixfold across the country over the last…
A total of 315,722 cattle that originated from ‘factory feedlots’ were slaughtered at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) approved beef…
