Agri-Business
The number of dairy cows in Ireland rose by 0.6% to over 1.49 million in the year to December 2025, CSO figures show.
The number of cattle in Ireland in June 2025 was 6,904,800 - a fall of 278,300 (-3.9%) when compared with June 2024, CSO said.
Beef
A breeding heifer payment is needed to encourage farmers to breed additional heifers, the manager of one Co. Kerry-based mart has said
The 3.8% drop in the number of cattle in Ireland "should be a wake-up call for policymakers", the...
The number of cattle in Ireland as of June 1, 2025, was more than 276,000 head below the same time last year, according to DAFM figures.
The total number of cattle in the country has fallen by over 400,000 head head in the past 24 months, according to the latest DAFM figures.
New figures released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) show the five year declining...
Rural Life
A report from the climate council, released at the weekend, predicts lower cattle numbers and lower output of agricultural produce.
As of June 1, just over 7.3 million cattle - a mixture of cows, heifers, steers, bulls and calves - were found on Irish farms.
The EU cattle herd increased for the fourth successive year, according to results from the May/June cattle census.
The number of dairy cows in Ireland increased by 10% in December 2015 on the year earlier, recent figures from the CSO.
