Beef
By Chris McCullough A mystery surrounds the next destination for livestock ship Spiridon II...
Two orders of 2,500 bulls which had been placed with a Co. Cork-based cattle exporter have been cancelled due to a delay in visa approval.
Beef News
A cattle-exporting company based in Co. Cork has started sourcing Friesian bulls for a consignment due to depart from Ireland in late April.
Exporters, Curzon Livestock, are sourcing Friesian bulls weighing 250-650kg. The bulls are earmarked for Libyan farms in mid-April.
A load of young bulls is expected to leave Ireland for Libya tonight (Monday, October 5), AgriLand understands.
A consignment of bulls is currently being sought for the Libyan market, with 2,000 animals wanted for the shipment.
The ship which had been organised to transport 3,000 bulls from Ireland to Libya has departed Irish shores without the bulls.
No departure date has been agreed as of yet for a shipload of bulls destined for Libya, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed.
On Wednesday morning, July 29, Curzon Livestock – the Cork-based exporting firm – loaded approximately 2,000 bulls on a boat bound for Libya.
A consignment of Friesian bulls is currently being sought for the Libyan market. The bulls are scheduled to set sail in early January, 2020.
A boatload of 3,000 bulls has set sail to Libya. The consignment of bulls contained 2,500 Friesians and 500 continentals.
Agri Politics
Moves by live exporters to fulfil large contracts of weanling bulls have been welcomed by independent TD for Kerry Danny Healy-Rae.
This year's first boatload of Irish bulls destined for Libya will set sail in approximately two weeks, AgriLand understands.
A visa has been secured for a Libyan cattle buyer following a three-month delay, according to independent TD Danny Healy-Rae.
A boatload of 1,000 bulls set sail for Libya last week. The consignment included Friesians, Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and continentals.
Bord Bia's Joe Burke is "optimistic" that Algeria could become a key market for Ireland's live cattle exports next year.
A boatload of cattle will leave Ireland bound for Libya in approximately two weeks. The consignment of bulls will leave Co. Cork.
Curzon Livestock is aiming to send another consignment of bulls to Libya, AgriLand understands.
Two boatloads of cattle will leave Ireland bound for Libya next week. The consignments of bulls - both Friesians and continentals - will leave from Co. Cork.
Over 3,000 bulls are set to be exported to Libya in the coming weeks by Cork-based Curzon Livestock, according to the company's CEO James Horgan.
A boat carrying over 1,000 Friesian bulls left Greenore Port, Co. Louth, for Libya on Sunday, February 25.
The exporter - Supreme Livestock - has confirmed that a livestock carrying vessel will dock in Ireland at the end of next week.
There has been a massive jump in the number of cattle exported from Ireland by live export means in 2017.
