Calf registrations in Ireland: Beef numbers down by 7,532 head

Calf registrations for the year to date have surpassed 840,000 head, with just shy of 151,000 calves registered in the week ending March 3. Based on the latest data available from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) the total number of calf registrations so far this year stands at 842,437, which is actually 6,471 head behind this point in 2022. The number of calves being registered each week should now begin to slow down, with many dairy farms past the peak of the calving season. Calf registrations A total of 131,140 calves were registered to dairy dams in the week ending March 3, which is 1,629 more than the same period in 2022 when some 129,511 calves were registered to dairy dams. Advertisement Dairy calf numbers started well behind 2022, but have now caught up and have surpassed 2022’s numbers. So far this year, the total number of calves registered to dairy dams stands at 732,817, which is slightly ahead of 2022 when 731,756 calves were registered. Unlike dairy calf ...