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Herd Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Ceisteanna (959)

Peter Burke

Ceist:

959. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded calf births in suckler herds from 1 June 2015 to date in 2018, by year in tabular form. [24497/18]

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The number of recorded calf births in suckler herds from 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2018 is set down on a calendar year basis in the following table.

Birth Year

Period

Registrations

2015

1 June 2015 - 31 December 2015

321,863

2016

1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016

976,078

2017

1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017

944,166

2018

1 January 2018 - 31 May 2018

568,929

The number of births registered in 2018 is not a true representation of calf births in May 2018 as a calf may be registered up to 27 days after birth and accordingly a number of births in May 2018 will be registered in June 2018.

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