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Title: Thrive: dairy calf-to-beef weekly roundup

With the majority of the 2019-born stock now slaughtered, January provides the perfect time to reflect on last year's performance and prepare for the arrival of calves in spring.

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Beef > Breeding & health
09 January 2021
Declan Marren on 09 Jan 2021
Thrive: dairy calf-to-beef weekly roundup
With the majority of the 2019-born stock now slaughtered, January provides the perfect time to reflect on last year's performance and prepare for the arrival of calves in spring.
Declan Marren
Beef > Breeding & health
9 January 2021

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One of the Belgian Blue heifers slaughtered in recent weeks.

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