Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion
3:00 pm
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The delegates said they have taken 600,000 samples. In 2011 or 2012, we had 1.1 million suckler cows. The number is decreasing rapidly. I am glad to see that the delegates' figures confirm what I said last Christmas.
Would it be fair to say 470,000 calves are projected this year for the beef herd?
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