Dairy News
A trial took place this week where a consignment of Irish dairy-bred calves were exported to Europe in a truck with on-board milk feeders.
Agri-Business
Wicklow Calf Company has issued a statement following the RTÉ Investigates programme, which aired on Monday, July 10.
One of the country's leading calf buyers has criticised the Minister for Agriculture's "failure to act" on the collapsing calf market.
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Seamus Scallan is well known among calf buyers and sellers across Ireland - both North and South - as well as with buyers of calves in...
Beef
Trials investigating slow-releasing milk powder are currently underway in Co. Wicklow, calf...
Arklow-based exporting company – Wicklow Calf Company – is now looking for bulls and heifers for a consignment secured for North Africa.
Dairy
An association has called on Minister Creed to increase the number of chartered 'walk-on, walk-off' livestock ships available in the country.
It has been suggested that an IBR eradication programme should be introduced to Ireland to help future proof the Irish calf export industry.
A total of 500 Angus bulls with certain specifications are being sought by a Co. Wicklow company for live export to a foreign market.
AgriLand recently visited Wicklow Calf Company's export yard where calves from the dairy herd are prepared for export to the continent.
Located in Mooreshill, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, the Wicklow Calf Company has grown to be one of the largest calf farms in Ireland.
Sheep
A deal has been reached by an Irish company to ship 2,000 horned ram lambs out of Ireland in next week.
Fears have been raised that the impending labour shortage facing the Irish dairy industry could have negative consequences for calf exports.
Dairy farmers need to feed their bulls calves well prior to sale to improve their chances of being exported out of the country, Seamus Scallan of the Wicklow Calf Company has said.
A deal, between the Wicklow Calf Company and Premier Livestock, has just been agreed to ship 10,000 Irish hoggets to the Middle East.
The Wicklow Calf Company is one of Ireland's largest calf farms and in 2009 it erected a new calf shed capable of housing 300 calves.
The Wicklow Calf Company has grown to be one of the largest calf farms in Ireland.
