Calf birth registrations across both suckler and dairy herds are down 4.3%, or just over 16,000 head during 2024, data compiled by the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) shows.Birth registrations during the first eight months of 2024 totalled 357,023, down 16,141 head on the 373,164 calf births registered over the same period in 2023.