date:Mar 31, 2014
Ireland:Live cattle exports of 13,123 head were recorded for the week ending 15th of March, according to the Department of Agricultures AIM system. This represented the highest weekly figure for exports since the spring of 2010. Total shipments in that year reached almost 340,000 head.
Exports from Ireland up to mid-March this year totalled just over 55,000 head, which represents an 11.5% increase on the equivalent period in 2013. Almost 60% of the animals exported to-date have been calves, w