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Currently, cattle farming remains one of Ireland's most prominent sectors, with over 6.5 million cows on Irish farms, accounting for over 25 percent of agriculture output. Ireland's national breeding herd comprises 1.5 million dairy cows and 889,000 suckler cows , making Ireland's suckler cow herd the third largest in the world, following ...
Cattle originally meant movable personal property, especially livestock of any kind, as opposed to real property (the land, which also included wild or small free-roaming animals such as chickens—they were sold as part of the land). [2] The word is a variant of chattel (a unit of personal property) and closely related to capital in the ...
Pages in category "Cattle breeds originating in Ireland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kerry cattle (Irish: Bó Chiarraí or Bollatach or Buinín) are a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland. They are believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Europe, probably derived from small black cattle brought to Ireland by Neolithic man. They were probably also the first cattle bred mainly for milk production, with other breeds ...
In medieval Gaelic Ireland a cowman was known as a bóaire and was landed. [1] Today, however, in the British Isles the cowman usually is an employee, synonymous with cowherd . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A highly skilled, superior cowman would be equivalent to an American farm or ranch manager, responsible for daily management of the herd.
Airfield Estate is a agritourism site in Dublin, Ireland. Describing itself as "Dublin's only urban working farm and gardens," it incorporates Airfield House, an Anglo-Irish big house, [1] and welcomes visitors to learn about farming and the site's history. As of 2016, it had 75 employees and 280,000 annual visitors.
Agricultural organisations based in Ireland (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Agriculture in Ireland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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