Finishing cattle at grass on the Thrive demo farm last autumn.
It is often said that there is as much variation within a breed as there is across breeds, and looking at the production data from the Thrive demonstration farm for the 2019-born stock, this certainly holds true.
We must remember that this is a relatively small sample size and therefore we must be careful with any extrapolation of the data to a national scale. However, there are some positive outcomes from this dataset.
The first and most important of these is a positive correlation between the DBI, value of beef and the carcase weight achieved by the animal.
SHARING OPTIONS:
A batch of 25 Aberdeen Angus and Hereford bulls and heifers arrived on farm on Monday.
A sure sign that spring is on the way is marked with the arrival of the first dairy-beef calves of the year.
Twenty-five Angus and Hereford, bulls and heifers made up the first batch of calves on the
Irish Farmers Journal Thrive demonstration farm at John Hally’s outside Cashel in Co Tipperary.
Calf price, which has been quite high this spring compared with last year, meant the bulls averaged €220/head and heifers were €200 at around three weeks of age.
First feed
The calves, which are all AI-sired, came directly from two farms less than an hour away.
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Title: Thrive weekly roundup: winter performance check and calf arrival
Strong winter performance on the Thrive demo farm has set the farm up for a positive grazing season, while the countdown is on to calf arrival on the programme farms.
Global Meat Snacks Market to Thrive on the Back of Product Innovation and Aggressive Marketing Strategies: TMR
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Strong promotional and branding strategies are used by manufacturers to draw attention of the consumers
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