{"id":1317982,"date":"2024-06-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1317982"},"modified":"2024-06-05T20:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:19:21","slug":"table-sire-and-dam-breed-composition-of-2023-calf-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/table-sire-and-dam-breed-composition-of-2023-calf-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Table: Sire and dam breed composition of 2023 calf crop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM’s) Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) Bovine Statistics Report, published recently, has detailed a breed composition by sire and dam breed of all calves born in Ireland in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The table details the main sire and dam breeds and shows the number of calves born to each cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular beef-breed sire of calves born in 2023 was Aberdeen Angus while the most popular dairy breed and overall sire was Friesian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The table below details the breed composition of all caves born in Ireland in 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: DAFM AIM Report 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the data from the AIM report, a total of just under 2.4 million calves were registered in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just under 525,000 of these calves were registered to Aberdeen Angus (AA) sires in 2023 while Friesian was the most popular sire overall with just under 735,000 calves registered to a Friesian sire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friesian dams delivered the largest volumes of calves in 2023 accounting for over 1.5 million or just over 63% of the calf births last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limousin was the second most popular cow breed in 2023 with just over 264,500 calves registered to a Limousin dam in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the breeds that cause a particular amount of discussion amongst both dairy and beef farmers is Jersey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the breed has a role to play in many dairy systems, often the progeny from the cows have a low value in the beef sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were just under 76,000 calves bred from Jersey cows in 2023 and 32,000 of these had a Friesian sire. 15,000 of these calves from Jersey dams had an Angus sire and just over 9,200 had a Hereford sire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just under 35,000 calves had a Jersey sire in 2023 with these calves naturally enough predominantly breed from either Friesian or Jersey cows.<\/p>\n\n\n