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Beef
Five tips for moving cattle from a store to finishing phase
Kieran Mailey
Where farmers are considering moving cattle on to a finishing diet as beef price increases, outlined are some tips to follow.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Winter finishers need 529p/kg to breakeven
Before committing to filling sheds with store cattle for winter finishing, farmers should complete a budget.
10 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Buying stores to graze: Do the costs stack?
Where farmers are planning to purchase store cattle to graze and finish, doing up a budget before buying is advised. Kieran Mailey reports.
Finishing 700 cattle/year in Shercock
Adam Woods visits beef finisher Samuel Hill, winner of the National Livestock show beef finisher sustainability award, who farms just outside Shercock in Co Cavan
4 October 2023 Winter Feed
Making a call on cattle to finish out of the shed
With an extremely strong live ring, farmers should be looking through forward stores in the shed and deciding on what to finish, graze or offload.
28 March 2023 Management
Beef Management: CBV values and getting cows back in calf
With CBV values going up on mart boards this week, we take a look at what they are and how farmers can use them when buying dairy x calves.
1 March 2023 Management
Making a final call on which cattle to kill off grass
The grazing season is moving into its final stages for this year, so now is an ideal time to make a decision on which cattle will be slaughtered off grass this autumn.
23 August 2022 Management