Sheep
CSO: Sheep slaughterings down over 15% on last year
Sheep slaughterings decreased by 15.7% in May 2024 when compared with the same month in 2023, according to the Central...
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Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings rose by 5.5% in February
The total number of cattle slaughtered in February rose by 5.5% to almost 165,000 head when compared to the same...
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Sheep
Over 85,000 NI sheep slaughtered in the ROI in 2024
Over 85,000 sheep from Northern Ireland (NI) have been slaughtered in approved Republic of Ireland (ROI) export premises in 2024....
Beef
CSO: 2% annual fall in the number of cattle slaughtered in 2023
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in 2023 fell by 2% year on year to almost 1.9 million head, according...
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings down by 3.6% in 2023
Between January and September 2023, cattle slaughterings decreased by 3.6% when compared with the same period in 2022, according to the...
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings down 2.2% year on year in July
The number of cattle slaughtered last month fell by 2.2% compared to corresponding figures for the same month a year...
Agri-Business
German meat production falls by 5.9% in first half of 2023
Meat production in Germany has declined by 5.9% in the first half of 2023, compared to last year, according to...
Dairy
Ireland had highest EU drop in raw milk prices in 2023
The decrease in milk prices in Ireland has been found to be the highest in the EU, according to a...
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Pig/Poultry
CSO: Pig slaughterings down 19.7% from last year
The number of pig slaughterings in April was 19.7% lower than the same month last year, according to the Central...
Beef
Livestock slaughterings down by 7.2% in July - CSO
Slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs in July of this year were all down on the figures for the same...
Beef News
CSO: Cattle, sheep and pig slaughterings all up by over 10% in May
The number of cattle, sheep and pig slaughterings in May 2022 are up by 13%, 12.4% and 10.7% respectively, compared...