Table 13: Total numbers of beef sired calves out of the beef herd.
Table 13 summary
- Limousin is the number one breed of sire in Irish suckler herds – siring 37% (346,916) of all beef calves born in 2015 (Graph 15).
- Charolais follows very closely with 345,570 calves sired by Charolais bulls in 2015.
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Limousin is the number 1 breed of beef sire in Irish beef herds – siring 37% of all beef calves born in 2015.
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