Beef Sired calves from Beef & Dairy Herds

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Table 11: Total numbers of calves sired by the main Beef Sire breeds in 2015 – out of both beef and dairy cows.

Table 11 summary

  • 97% of all beef sired calves born in Ireland come from 6 breeds: Charolais, Limousin, Angus, Hereford, Belgian Blue & Simmental (Graph 14).
  • Limousin, Charolais and Angus sires account for 75% of the beef sired calves born in 2015.
Graph 14: Proportion of calves sired by the main Beef Sire breeds in 2015 – out of both beef and dairy cows.
Beef cows & calves in the herd of David Clarke, Thurles, Co.Tipperary

 

Table 12: Trend in Beef sired calves from all Beef & Dairy herds (2013-2015).
Graph 15: Trend in Beef sired calves from all Beef & Dairy herds (2013-2015).

Limousin, Charolais & Angus account for 75% of the beef sired calves born in 2015.

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