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Declan Marren
on 08 Oct 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: housing stock in the west and demo farm dilemma
This week's dairy-beef programme roundup is all about housing cattle. Where ground conditions are poor and grass dry matter is low, it is better to house finishing stock.
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Declan Marren
on 08 Oct 2021
Cattle on the Thrive demo farm grazing on 5 October. Animal performance and daily liveweight gains have slowed at grass over the last two weeks.
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