Beef Dam Statistics – 2015

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Beef Dam Births

Table 17: Total numbers of beef calves born in 2015 – out of beef cows.

Table 17 summary:

  • Limousin is the number 1 breed of beef cow in Ireland with 34% of all beef calvings in 2015 being from Limousin cows.
  • Almost 90% of beef calves born in Ireland come from 5 breeds of Dam: Charolais, Limousin, Angus, Hereford & Simmental (Graph 20).
Graph 20: Proportion of calves born in 2015 by Breed of Dam.
5 Star Limousin x Holstein suckler cow with her charolais calf at foot’ in the herd of Joe Brennan, Lowhill, Ballinakill, Co.Kilkenny
Table 18: Trend in breed of beef dams (2013-2015).
Graph 21: Trend in breed of beef dams (2013-2015).

Limousin is the number 1 breed of beef cow in Ireland with 34% of all beef calvings in 2015 being from Limousin cows.

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