Brexit threatens lucrative dairy live exports to Britain

Officials working to help exporters under pressure now to supply the seasonal trade in dairy cows and in-calf Friesian heifers

Since January 1, Brexit requirements for live animal exports to Great Britain include a residency period for cattle, sheep and pigs increased to 40 days on the farm of origin in Ireland. File Picture. 

Brexit has raised a number of obstacles for live exports from Ireland to England, Scotland and Wales.

Officials are working to help exporters under pressure now to supply the seasonal trade in dairy cows and in-calf Friesian heifers.