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Beef > Management
Declan Marren on 15 Jul 2022

Thrive weekly roundup: Feeding meal to calves and post-grazing sward heights
This week, we discuss if its time to stop meal feeding calves at grass. Also, recent Teagasc research suggests beef cattle should graze to 6cm rather than 4cm to maximise liveweight gains.
Beef > Management
Declan Marren on 15 Jul 2022
Calves on the Thrive demo farm continue to receive 1kg/day of concentrate.
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