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Table 15: Total numbers of beef sired calves out of the dairy herd.

Table 15 summary

  • Angus is the number one breed of beef sire in Irish dairy herds – siring 45% (225,546) of all beef calves born in 2015 (Graph 18).
  • Hereford is the next most popular beef breed used in dairy herds with 150,671 calves born in 2015 with a Hereford sire.
Graph 18: Proportion of Beef sired calves out of dairy cows in 2015.

 

Angus AI Sire ‘Cornamuckla Lord Harry K222’ (KYA) – he sired the most calves (11,981) out of dairy cows in Ireland in 2015.

 

Table 16: Trend in Beef sired calves from the Dairy herd (2013-2015).

 

Graph 19: Trend in Beef sired calves from the Dairy herd (2013-2015).

Angus is the number 1 breed of beef sire in Irish dairy herds -siring 45% of all beef calves born in 2014.

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