This is welcome news for the Irish beef industry as these calves will not be available for slaughter off Irish beef farms in approximately two year’s time.

The following analysis is based on Bórd Bia figures from January 1, 2019, up to and including the week ending April 14, 2019, and the corresponding period in 2018.

Up to this date, just over 113,000 dairy-origin calves have been exported – up from 84,285 head during the same period in 2018.