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These heifer calves were housed on Friday 13 November, due to persistently wet weather. After a year when we had problems with Blackleg in the young ones and TB in the older batch, the chosen date may raise a few eyebrows among superstitious folk.
A word of advice for anyone entering into a heifer-rearing arrangement between two parties:
The most important bit of the agreement is not physical parameters, price per day, or any of the stipulated parts of the contract.
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Gary Abbott speaks to Gareth McAllister, a young Antrim man working as Northern Irish regional business manager with Keenan Alltech.
Originally created as a way for dairy farmers to simplify their system and reduce labour requirements, contract rearing of heifers is now back in focus with pressure on nitrates and stocking rates.
The increase in numbers is being underpinned by continued expansion in the dairy herd, with 49,678 more dairy cows, 45,976 more male dairy calves and 38,068 more dairy heifers on farms.
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