Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
1547. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the national beef herd has increased or decreased in the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33811/20]
View answerThe CSO's June Livestock Survey includes the information below for the years 2015-2019:
|
000 head |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
*2020 |
|
Total cattle |
6,964 |
7,221 |
7,364 |
7,348 |
7209 |
7314 |
|
- of which: Dairy cows |
1,296 |
1,398 |
1,433 |
1,481 |
1505 |
1568 |
|
-of which: Other cows |
1,076 |
1,104 |
1,081 |
1,048 |
1000 |
983 |
*Note that the figures for 2020 are provisional estimates.
This year the total cattle numbers increased by 105,800 (+1.5%) to 7,314,400.
The number of other cows dropped by 16,500 (-1.6%), while the number of dairy cows was up by 62,900 (+4.2%).
More detailed data from the CSO's June and December Livestock Surveys each year is available at the following links:
https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/agriculture/cropsandlivestockjunefinalresults
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/clsjp/cropsandlivestocksurveyjuneprovisional2020/
