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

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael 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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