Farm View: Why sexed semen isn't the cure-all for Ireland's unwanted bull calves
Even if all 1.51m dairy cows in Ireland were artificially inseminated with sexed semen, at current stocking rates, there would still be 115,000 dairy bull calves born every year.
There’s been much debate about the revelation a record 4,556 calves were slaughtered in Ireland in the first week of this month.
Department figures show that in 2018, 16,788 calves were culled. However, by last year, this had jumped to 29,495.
