Reduction in dairy cow numbers
The Minister reported an estimated 1,443,600 dairy cows in December 1987, down 46,800 (3.1%) from a year earlier. O’Keeffe urged measures to develop the beef cow herd; the Ceann Comhairle said the statistical question should go to the appropriate Minister.
asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the reduction in dairy cow numbers from April, 1987 to May 1988.
Comment on this
The latest information on the number of dairy cows in the State relates to December, 1987 when the estimated number was 1,443,600. This represented a fall of 46,800 or 3.1 per cent on the corresponding figure for December 1986.
Comment on this
In the light of that fall, would the Minister of State arrange to pressurise his colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, to realise the full significance of that fall and the need to introduce a comprehensive series of measures to compensate by developing our beef cow herd?
