Dairy
This year's Great British Calf Week will focus on two themes - dairy beef genetics and...
An investigation by New Zealand animal rights group SAFE has put the country'ss dairy industry under the spotlight.
Beef
There will be almost 1 million dairy breed calves available for beef production by 2020, according to Paul Crosson of Teagasc.
Beef farmers have been warned to anticipate poorer quality calves coming from the dairy herd next year.
British dairy calf registrations for the first three months of 2015 have reached levels not seen since 2004, according to DairyCo.
Dairy calves continue to be registered in high numbers with figures from the ICBF showing that dairy calf registrations are running 10% ahead of last year.
A critical factor for the beef sector is a strong live export trade for dairy calves, according to IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns.
