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On the Thrive demo farm, the aim is to weigh cattle at key points of the year.
Most dairy calf-to-beef farmers are well aware of the benefits of weighing cattle at regular intervals. It is the only accurate barometer of performance available to beef farmers.
Weighing regularly can provide really good information as to how cattle are thriving, and even more importantly, can flag a period of under production much sooner than may be identified where cattle are not being weighed.
Like with any system, the information to come out of it is only as good as the information that is put into it. What I mean by this is that there are many variables that can alter the result of weighing cattle.
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Title: Thrive weekly roundup: grazing update and weaning progress on programme farms
This week, the Thrive dairy-beef roundup has an update from the demo farm in Cashel, Co Tipperary, and a weaning update from the programme farms.