Week 1 Industry

Question 1

% Asia – Beef World Trade

Answer 1

35%

Question 2

% Total world beef exports from Brazil

Answer 2

32%

Question 3

Brazil in the beef industry :

Answer 3

World’s Largest Exporter, 2nd Largest Producer, 3rd Biggest Consumer

Question 4

Difficult to export from Brazil to EU due to:

Answer 4

Farm Safety, Traceability

Question 5

What gives Brazil such a unique competitive position?

Answer 5

Vast land areas, plenty of water

Question 6

1 Livestock Unit in Brazil (AU) =

Answer 6

1 450kg Animal

Question 7

Average Stocking Rate in Brazil, Potential Stocking Rate

Answer 7

1 AU/ Ha, 22 AU/Ha

Question 8

Amount of beef farms, suckler beef farms in Ireland?

Answer 8

100,000 beef farms

Question 9

Amount of beef specialist farms in Ireland?

Answer 9

78,000

Question 10

For every €1 of support for cattle

Answer 10

€4.3 of aggregate output in the Irish economy

Question 11

How many cattle must a plant slaughter per annum to require an EU export license?

Answer 11

1,000

Question 12

How many export approved slaughtering facilities in Ireland?

Answer 12

32

Question 13

What % of the market do Dawn Group, AIBP and Kepak control?

Answer 13

60%

Question 14

Grass accounts for what % of feed consumed in beef production?

Answer 14

1.6 -1.7 million head

Question 15

National Capacity Utilisation of processing facilities in Ireland?

Answer 15

60%

Question 16

Impact of extra capacity increases costs by

Answer 16

12-15%

Question 17

Weekly cattle availability ranges?

Answer 17

25,000 - 38,000

Question 18

How many live cattle are exported from Ireland Annually?

Answer 18

160,000

Question 19

Irish Beef Exports 2023

Answer 19

€2.5 billion

Question 20

Weekly average slaughtered in Ireland?

Answer 20

31,000

Question 21

Value of Irish Beef exports?

Answer 21

€2.5 billion

Question 22

Value of Irish Beef Offal exports?

Answer 22

€134 million

Question 23

Where does Ireland rank globally in Beef Exports?

Answer 23

5th

Question 24

Main market for live export weanlings?

Answer 24

Italy

Question 25

Main market for live export calves?

Answer 25

Spain- 80%

Question 26

% of Irish exports in fresh beef i.e. not frozen

Answer 26

90%

Question 27

Irish suckler herd

Answer 27

970,000

Question 28

What % suckler farms in the west?

Answer 28

60% BMW

Question 29

Total exports in 2023?

Answer 29

€3.8 billion

Question 30

The producer price value of beef output from the primary agricultural sector was equivalent to

Answer 30

28% of the total agricultural output

Question 31

Average suckler herd size?

Answer 31

18 cows

Question 32

Average suckler farm size?

Answer 32

27.5ha

Question 33

Average farm size in Ireland?

Answer 33

32.4ha

Question 34

What % of Irish beef output is coming from dairy origin?

Answer 34

60-65%

Question 35

What % of Irish beef output is coming from suckler beef origin?

Answer 35

35%

Question 36

What % of Irish beef produce is exported?

Answer 36

90%

Question 37

How many suckler cows during 1990 Machsharry CAP

Answer 37

700,000

Question 38

What are the 2 pillar payments?

Answer 38

Direct support payments and Rural development payments

Question 39

When were direct payments decoupled?

Answer 39

2004

Question 40

When were milk quotas abolished?

Answer 40

2015

Question 41

How much given annually to Ireland from the EU?

Answer 41

€1.2 billion

Question 42

What was the % decrease in suckler cow numbers from 2008 to 2020

Answer 42

12-15% decrease

Question 43

How many cows in the west are sucklers?

Answer 43

81%

Question 44

How many cows in the southwest are sucklers?

Answer 44

22%

Question 45

Where is suckler cows predominant system?

Answer 45

80-90% cows are suckler in Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim

Question 46

Irelands tonnage/ha of grassland?

Answer 46

15T DM/ha

Question 47

What % of land is grassland in Ireland?

Answer 47

80%

Question 48

What % of farm output is from ruminant production?

Answer 48

65%

Question 49

Silage: grass

Answer 49

2:1

Question 50

Barley: grass

Answer 50

3:1

Question 51

What fraction of Irelands agricultural area is devoted to grass?

Answer 51

4/5ths

Question 52

When do suckler beef callings occur?

Answer 52

70% between January and May

Question 53

Prevalence of grass in the diet?

Answer 53

60-80%

Question 54

KPI: what % of diet is from forage - grass and silage

Answer 54

80-85%

Question 55

How many tonnes of carcass produced from beef kill annually in Ireland?

Answer 55

560,000-580,000 tonnes

Question 56

How much spent on agri inputs?

Answer 56

€1.6 billion

Question 57

What is Irelands two main consumers?

Answer 57

UK and EU

Question 58

Number of cattle live export out of Ireland?

Answer 58

190,000 (200,000)

Question 59

What is the cattle imports to Ireland?

Answer 59

11,490 heads

Question 60

Irish consumers consume how many kg of beef/year

Answer 60

18.6kg of beef/year

Question 61

What are the 5 production stages of the beef supply chain?

Answer 61

1. Farm inputs 2. Production or farming 3. Processing and packaging 4. Branding, marketing and distribution 5. Sales and retail

Question 62

Including both direct and overhead costs, it is estimated that specialist cattle farms spend approximately ?

Answer 62

€1.6 billion on farm inputs each year.

Question 63

In 2018 how many farmers rear cattle part time?

Answer 63

Part time 7,040

Question 64

In 2018 how many farmers rear cattle full time?

Answer 64

Full time 21,100

Question 65

In 2018 how many farmers rear cattle other full time?

Answer 65

30,671

Question 66

In 2018 how many farmers rear cattle other part time?

Answer 66

11,029

Question 67

FFI?

Answer 67

€10,000-50,000 per farm

Question 68

What is the fixed cost/ha?

Answer 68

€400-600

Question 69

Cattle other income

Answer 69

€32,756 with a €890/ha gross margin

Question 70

upper limit output in Lyons

Answer 70

€1250-1300/ha

Question 71

A farmer is economically viable when?

Answer 71

FFI is sufficient to remunerate family labour at the minimum wage, €19,600 per labour unit.

Question 72

Economically viable

Answer 72

20%

Question 73

Sustainable

Answer 73

40%

Question 74

A farmer is economically stable when?

Answer 74

even if the farm business is unviable, provided the farmer or spouse are in receipt of an off-farm income.

Question 75

Direct payment national average on cattle rearing farms?

Answer 75

330-350/ha national average * Some are €700-800/ha * €1,350 in pillar one DP

Question 76

For each 10% cut in direct payments, in the absence of an increase in prices or fall in costs, family farm income would decline by

Answer 76

14%

Question 77

Each €1 of support for cattle

Answer 77

underpins €4.3 of aggregate output in the Irish economy

Question 78

For the top one-third of the Teagasc Profit Monitor farms for sucklers, the direct payments/premiums per hectare from 2008 to 2018 has fallen

Answer 78

from €645 to €489 per hectare, a reduction of €156 per hectare or 24%.

Question 79

How many low volume slaughterhouses?

Answer 79

220 low-volume slaughterhouses supervised by the Local Authority Veterinary Service.

Question 80

Meat Industry Ireland (MII) process what % of total beef production?

Answer 80

85%

Question 81

What % supplied to home market in Ireland?

Answer 81

20-25%

Question 82

Current kill?

Answer 82

1.3 million/head

Question 83

How many tonnes of beed produced globally?

Answer 83

69 million tonnes

Question 84

What % of worlds beef traded/sold?

Answer 84

12%

Question 85

Ireland is the largest net exporter of beef...

Answer 85

Largest net exporter in the Northern Hemisphere

Question 86

What % of Irelands production consumed on the domestic market?

Answer 86

10%

Question 87

What is the Irish beef sectors self sufficiency?

Answer 87

700%

Question 88

Kill forecast of beef in 2023

Answer 88

1.77 million head vs 1.82m in 2022

Question 89

Irish grade and price?

Answer 89

R3 steer 81c/kg or 21%

Question 90

Where are French weanlings dominant?

Answer 90

Italy

Question 91

What remains Irelands strongest market for quality calves?

Answer 91

Spain

Question 92

Finished cattle exported live to?

Answer 92

UK 68% and Stores 22%

Question 93

Where are calves exported as veal?

Answer 93

100% to Netherlands and Belgium White veal market slaughter at 26 weeks of age