Ireland: This year’s calf registrations heading towards 700,000

Total calf registrations have reached 680,899 head for the year to date, based on the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF). A total of 175,598 calves were registered last week, which is 171 head more than the same period in 2022 when 175,427 calves were registered. This year’s total registrations remain behind 2022, with 14,981 fewer calves having been born in 2023 thus far. However, the year is catching up, as the total decline in calf registrations, which stood at 26,403 last week, has dropped by 11,422. Advertisement Calf registrations A total of 157,387 calves were registered to dairy dams in the week ending February 24, which is 2,030 more than the same period in 2022 when some 155,357 calves were registered to dairy dams. So far this year, the total number of calves registered to dairy dams stands at 593,242, which is 9,002 fewer than 2022 when the figure stood at 602,244 head. The number of calves registered to beef dams also remains behind 2022, ...