Calf birth registrations

One action in CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme

Farmers will receive €20 per eligible calf born up to a maximum of 50 calves where breeding metrics have been satisfied.

NITRATES 17 June 2025

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Dairy birth registrations finishing season in a stronger manner

Dairy birth registrations finishing season in a stronger manner

NEWS 6 April 2025

Calf birth registrations down by 46,000 head

Calf birth registrations down by 46,000 head

NEWS 19 March 2025

Dairy calf birth registrations down on 2024

Dairy calf birth registrations down on 2024

Dairy calf birth registrations down on 2024

NEWS 22 February 2025

Important calf related dates and scheme compliance

Important calf related dates and scheme compliance

Important calf related dates and scheme compliance

CALVES 18 January 2025

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Suckler calf births slump to 40-year low

Suckler calf births slump to 40-year low

Suckler calf birth registrations during 2024 plummeted by 16.5% year-on-year to and reached their lowest annual figure for close on 40 years.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

Highest number of births last February

Highest number of births last February

There were 763,046 calf birth registrations in February 2024 equating to approximately one third of all calves born last year.

CALVES 1 January 1970

Farmers ordering tags early ahead of peak spring calving

Farmers ordering tags early ahead of peak spring calving

The peak sales season now ranges from November through to February with farmers keen to get supplies on hand before the birth of over 1.5m calves from February to April 2025.

TAGGING 1 January 1970

Over 78,000 fewer calves born to dairy sires in 2024

Over 78,000 fewer calves born to dairy sires in 2024

A combination of greater use of sexed semen, increased beef sire selection and reduced births is underpinning reduced births to dairy sires.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Sharp decline in calf registrations in 2024

Sharp decline in calf registrations in 2024

There has been a marked drop in the number of calf births registered in 2024.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

Mixed reaction to new €20m Beef Welfare Scheme

Mixed reaction to new €20m Beef Welfare Scheme

Farmers are pleased to see meal feeding continuing as a mandatory option but there is some disquiet regarding the fact that autumn-born weanlings may miss out on payments

NEWS 1 January 1970

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports