The Dealer is hearing of some super weight gains in cattle across the country in 2020.
Some would say a good grass year is the reason but some of the weight gains I’m hearing about have got to do with more than grass.
BEEP weighing is in full swing and its throwing up some gems. I heard of a midlands weighing last week where one particular spring-born bull calf was doing 3.9kg/day since birth – phenomenal performance.
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When questioned, the farmer said: “Do you see with the ground being wet, we didn’t get the rushes cut this year and he might have been around a while before we copped him, but anyway what harm, he’ll come in under the 30 months a bit easier.”
More of those genetics please, and that’s the calf’s genetics, and not the owners!
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The Dealer is hearing of some super weight gains in cattle across the country in 2020.
Some would say a good grass year is the reason but some of the weight gains I’m hearing about have got to do with more than grass.
BEEP weighing is in full swing and its throwing up some gems. I heard of a midlands weighing last week where one particular spring-born bull calf was doing 3.9kg/day since birth – phenomenal performance.
When questioned, the farmer said: “Do you see with the ground being wet, we didn’t get the rushes cut this year and he might have been around a while before we copped him, but anyway what harm, he’ll come in under the 30 months a bit easier.”
More of those genetics please, and that’s the calf’s genetics, and not the owners!
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