Irish Dairy Herd Expansion

October 1, 2015 12:00 am

The strong growth in the Irish dairy industry is shown by the latest June Survey figures released by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO).  As the table below shows, the number of dairy cows has increased by almost 6% year-on-year to nearly 1.3m animals.  The herd has grown by over a fifth in the years since 2010.

IRISH DAIRY COW NUMBERS – Source: CSO

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Change      2010-15

Change     2014-15

Number – ‘000 head

1,071

1,117

1,141

1,163

1,226

1,296

+21%

+5.7%

 

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