Tally of Irish livestock population figures
Ireland’s livestock population figures from December 2021 have been made available by the Central Statistics Office. They throw light on potential supplies of cattle, sheep and pigs for 2022. The number of cattle in Ireland has increased by 1.8% to 6.6 million, sheep numbers rose by 2.9% to nearly 4 million, and the number of pigs rose by 2.1% to 1.7 million. Cattle The number of cattle aged two years…