A west Cork co-op including myostatin as a topic for a meeting wasn't in the Dealer's bingo card for 2024. Were they looking to take dairy beef breeding to another level wonders the Dealer?
Myostatin was a topic at a recent Drinagh co-op event in Bantry.
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Improving the quality of beef calves from the dairy herd is a hot topic at the moment. When I heard the myostatin gene that is linked to muscling in cattle was a topic at a Drinagh Co-op event last week, I thought, fair play.
Here is a dairy co-op taking a very proactive approach.
It turns out it was at a beef event the west Cork co-op held for its sizeable suckler clientele.
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Sub-zero temperatures didn’t dampen the appetite for the event, with a good crowd showing up. I’d be slow to write off suckler farming in the southwest yet.
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Title: Drinagh takes dairy-beef to another level.
A west Cork co-op including myostatin as a topic for a meeting wasn't in the Dealer's bingo card for 2024. Were they looking to take dairy beef breeding to another level wonders the Dealer?
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Improving the quality of beef calves from the dairy herd is a hot topic at the moment. When I heard the myostatin gene that is linked to muscling in cattle was a topic at a Drinagh Co-op event last week, I thought, fair play.
Here is a dairy co-op taking a very proactive approach.
It turns out it was at a beef event the west Cork co-op held for its sizeable suckler clientele.
Sub-zero temperatures didn’t dampen the appetite for the event, with a good crowd showing up. I’d be slow to write off suckler farming in the southwest yet.
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