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To date, there has been little if any demand for improved levels of feed efficiency in ruminants, but spiralling feed costs coupled with a growing urgency to produce more climate friendly livestock could be the game changer to focus producers breeding goals on the trait which has been shown to save in excess of £100 per head on one Scottish beef farm. While many countries are already testing bulls for feed efficiency, the UK has lagged behind and there are huge differences between the top and the bottom performers as pedigree Aberdeen-Angus breeder, John Elliot has discovered. As the first Angus breeder in the UK to test his young bulls for feed efficiency, John found his top rated bull for the characteristic required a phenomenal 523kg less feed than the average bull in the group to reach slaughter weight. At a conservative £200 average finishing ration price per tonne, this amounts to a massive £105 per head less in feed costs. ....