Table: Which 8 countries bought 194,000 Irish dairy calves in 2024?

Customers from eight different countries have purchased over 194,000 Irish dairy calves to date this year, according to Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) figures. The busiest period in the Irish calf export season is in the first half of the year with numbers of calves being exported generally remaining low in the second half of the year. DAFM figures show 194,301 calves have been exported from Ireland in the first 30 weeks of this year with just over 194,000 (194,061) of these going to eight key markets. The table below details calf export numbers in the first 30 weeks of this year: Calf export numbers have declined by 4% this year with the number of calves sold to the Netherlands is down 27%. Despite this, the Netherlands remains the largest export market for Irish calves with customers from the country buying over 77,400 Irish calves in the first 30 weeks of this year. Stakeholders in the Irish calf trade have warned that recent developments in the ...