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Breeding & health

Thrive weekly roundup: picture report of finished cattle and Friesian bull query

The dairy-beef programme roundup this week includes an in-picture slaughter report from the demo farm and deals with a common query on the lack of Friesian bulls in the Thrive programme.




Declan Marren
Sat 3 December 2022 12:00 AM
Declan Marren

Declan Marren
Declan Marren
Breeding & health
Sat 3 December 2022 6:00 PM
Thrive weekly roundup: picture report of finished cattle and Friesian bull query
The bullocks on the demo farm achieved an average carcase weight of 302kg at just over 20 months old.
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