Livestock-live

Livestock Live is an online farm management system developed for Viastar. The system allows you to manage the day to day purchase and export of cattle in our yards.

Department of Agriculture

2017 Cattle Figures

There were 6.7 million cattle in Ireland according to the 2017 December livestock survey, this represents a 1% increase on the 2016 level.

In 2017, Ireland exported an estimated 537 thousand tonnes of beef worth approximately €1.85 billion.

In 2017, 189,000 cattle were exported live from Ireland worth approximately €100 million.

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Bord Bia

176,132 - Ireland’s total exports for 2019 to date (w.e. 6th May 2019), up 38% on the same week in 2018

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In 2018, the value of meat & livestock exports was €3.97bn, an increase of 1%.

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Irish livestock were exported to 76 countries worldwide in 2018.