Thrive dairy-beef calf purchases
As Declan Marren reported online over the weekend, calf purchasing for the Thrive programme has been halted due to the high calf prices over the last few weeks. We have had a lot of reaction to this, with many farmers expressing their concerns over high dairy-beef calf prices this spring.
Calf price plays a huge role in the economics of the system. If we pay too much for the calf on day one, it is nearly impossible to claw that expenditure back over its lifetime.
While dairy beef systems can seem small money to get into, it takes a lot of money to get out. Looking at figures from the
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The BETTER farm NI programme will close with a webinar discussing the progress made during the latest phase of the programme.
On Thursday 11 March, the BETTER farm NI programme will hold a webinar featuring three of the farmers who participated in the latest phase of the programme.
Start time is at 8pm and the event is free for all to view on on the
The BETTER Farm NI programme was launched in 2017 and reached its conclusion at the end of 2020.
Across the nine programme farms, gross margin per hectare increased from £602 (€691) in the baseline year (2016) to £1,003/ha (€1,153) – a 67% increase.
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