N.Ireland
Calf registrations in Northern Ireland rose for the first time in 3 years during 2025 with a "modest" increase of 5,072 head from 2024.
Beef
The total number of Irish calves registered in 2026 is set to surpass the 1 million mark this week according to ICBF.
There have been over 850,000 calves registered in Ireland to date this year, according to latest figures from the ICBF.
The total number of calf registrations in 2026 is running 37,400 head above last year as of Friday, February 27.
The number of calves registered in Ireland has declined by almost 55,000 head to date this year according to latest figures.
According to the latest figures from ICBF, calf registrations are still down by over 54,000 head in comparison to last year.
The total number of calves registered in Ireland to date this year has declined by over 54,000 head, according to the latest ICBF figures
A breeding heifer payment is needed to encourage farmers to breed additional heifers, the manager of one Co. Kerry-based mart has said
Latest calf registration figures from the ICBF show that fewer than 1 in 4 calves born to date this year have been registered to suckler cows.
Dairy
Since the launch of the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) in June of 2023, there have been 1 million calves genotyped.
Calf registrations have now reached 175,646 head for 2025, with 90,020 registered in the last week based on ICBF numbers.
Data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) shows that up until December 27, 2024, there were 56,622 less calf registrations...
A number of farmers have claimed to have experienced delays in receiving their results on genotype information for calves born this autumn.
The number of beef-sired calves born in the first six months of this year is more than double the number of dairy-sired calf births...
Dairy Technical
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has reached 1,477,133 head for the year-to-date based on the latest data from ICBF.
The total number of calf registrations to dairy dams has reached 982,981, with total registrations...
The total number of calf registrations up until March 15, 2024 has reached 1,015,238 head, based on data from ICBF.
The latest data for calf registrations from ICBF, shows that the number of calves registered to dairy dams to-date this year had fallen by...
The spring calving season is now underway, with data from ICBF showing that there has been 87,856 calf registrations to date.
Figures from the DAFM have revealed that over 200,000 cows in Ireland had no calf registered to them in 2022.
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has surpassed the two-million mark for 2023, based on ICBF data.
Calf registrations for suckler bred animals have fallen by over 100,000 head in the last six years, while dairy number have increased by over 200,000 head.
The total number of calf registrations in 2023 to-date stands just shy of two million at 1,941,492 head based on the latest data from ICBF.
