Suckler herd falls to 922,700

Livestock Survey for December 2020 released this week

The total number of cattle fell from 6,593,500 to 6,529,400. File Picture. 

The number of suckler cows decreased by about 34,200 (3.6%) in 2020, according to the results of the December 2020 Livestock Survey released this week by the Central Statistics Office.

The two-year results for “dairy cows” and “other cows” reveal the end-of-year count steadily increasing for the former, from 1,369,100 on December 31, 2018, to 1,456,000 on December 31, 2020, while the latter steadily declined, from 982,300 to 922,700.