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…
The former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Eddie Downey, recently dismissed calls for feedlots to be banned in Ireland. Speaking at…
