date:Feb 28, 2014
n drivers behind this fall, it said.
In total there were 1.554 million cattle on Northern Ireland farms, a three per cent decrease compared to December 2012.
DARD explained: Changes in total cattle numbers tend to follow movements in the breeding herd but the full impact lags the lead indicator due to the length of the production process. Changes in specifications for finished cattle and short price movements can also have a knock-on effect on the timing of sales and therefore the total number