Beef
Australia’s red meat sector has recorded a significant lift in cattle and lamb slaughter volumes in the first quarter of 2025
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that it has not yet received any applications to date from other processors to slaughter horses.
Irish beef exports to the UK increased by 25% in the first quarter of this year, with the largest increases seen in January and February.
Rural Life
Operations at Ireland’s only horse abattoir have been suspended by Minister McConalogue, following highlighted animal welfare abuse
Minister Charlie McConalogue said "every appropriate step" is being taken in an investigation into the supply horses for slaughter.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently investigating the treatment of horses destined for slaughter.
Slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs declined between January and November 2023, when compared to 2022, according to the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughterings increased by 6.7% between January and December last year compared to the same period in 2021, the CSO said
Reducing the average cattle slaughter age is just one measure included in the government's Climate Action Plan for 2023.
Sheep News
The number of sheep slaughtered during the period of January to March 2022 rose by 12% compared to 2021, according to CSO figures.
Sheep
The number of sheep slaughtered in March 2020 increased by 33.5% when compared to March 2019, according to the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughtered in December 2019 increased by 7.9% when compared to December 2018, according to the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughtered in September 2019 decreased by 40.2% when compared to September 2018, according to the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughtered in August 2019 decreased by 17.5% when compared to the same month last year, according to the CSO.
Approximately 70,000 less cattle were slaughtered over the past two months than last year, according to Bord Bia's Joe Burke.
Almost 5,500 cows of UK origin were slaughtered in Irish meat factories in 2018, according to the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.
The UK government is being called on to repeal a legal exemption that permits animals to be slaughtered without pre-stunning.
The number of cattle slaughtered in November has risen based on the same period in 2017, while the number of sheep has dropped, the CSO says.
The number of cattle slaughtered in July 2018 increased by 14% when compared to July 2017, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Pig/Poultry
The latest livestock slaughtering figures for May 2018 have been released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The number of cattle slaughtered in April 2018 increased by 13.3% when compared to April 2017, according to the CSO.
Both sheep and pig slaughterings in February 2018 are up by 7.1% when compared to February 2017, according to the CSO.
Police in the UK are on the hunt for someone who broke into a farm following the deaths of a calf and a ewe earlier in the week.
