Departmental Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Questions (462)

Claire Kerrane

Question:

462. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise the number of BEEP herds, by number of cows in each, ranging from one to 100 cows, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/23]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The objective of Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme - Suckler (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data that is collected. This is done through the enhancement of the national herd dataset for genetic evaluations, with a view to supporting the adoption of best practice and more informed decision making at farm level.

BEEP - S targets the weaning efficiency of suckler cows and calves through the collection of the live weights of cows and progeny in the herd of each participant; improving the welfare of suckler calves at the time of weaning through vaccination and meal feeding; and controlling liver fluke in adult suckler cows.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out below:

NUMBER OF COWS	NUMBER OF HERDS
1	134
2	231
3	354
4	533
5	642
6	776
7	864
8	903
9	914
10	997
11	988
12	1016
13	970
14	931
15	921
16	839
17	816
18	769
19	802
20	720
21	647
22	552
23	537
24	489
25	501
26	411
27	396
28	372
29	323
30	345
31	286
32	281
33	280
34	237
35	212
36	222
37	161
38	174
39	158
40	164
41	141
42	117
43	128
44	123
45	95
46	100
47	82
48	102
49	66
50	62
51	62
52	53
53	69
54	70
55	55
56	48
57	45
58	45
59	38
60	43
61	38
62	33
63	25
64	31
65	29
66	33
67	22
68	20
69	21
70	27
71	21
72	25
73	13
74	15
75	12
76	16
77	21
78	9
79	19
80	10
81	10
82	9
83	6
84	8
85	7
86	2
87	14
88	9
89	6
90	10
91	9
92	5
93	7
94	6
95	6
96	9
97	4
98	5
99	5
100	7
TOTAL	23996