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Winter finishing is avoided here as cattle are slaughtered off-grass after a second grazing season. Concentrates are fed at grass for the final 60 days (€350kg in total).
Target carcase weight, conformation and fat score are 280kg, P+/O- and 2=. System net profit: €15,480.
Animals are on a grass-only diet for their second grazing season, then housed and grown at a rate of 0.5kg daily for the winter.
They then head to grass in early March and are slaughtered in June. Target carcase weight, conformation and fat score are 350kg, O= and 2+. System net profit: €13,640.
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