Summary
BEEF producers are losing as much as pounds 12.5 million a year by marketing cattle with excess fat. Northumberland beef farmers who attended an on-farm event in Ponteland were urged to maximise the efficiency of their enterprises through better nutrition, aiming to finish their cattle for a specific market and cutting costs by making use of manure.
Former NFU county chairman Gordon Meek, who hosted the event at Eland Hall Farm, Ponteland, finishes Blonde-sired cattle from his 40- cow mostly Simmental cross suckler herd as well as bought-in stores.See the full content of this document
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Getting the Best Out of the Beef ; Farming
Cattle are mainly sold deadweight with steers at 22 to 24 months old while heifers are finished at 18 to 20 months to private butchers and wholesalers. Steve Powdrill, of EBLEX, said finishing cattle without subsidies, beef far...
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