Dan Powell
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- Location
- Shropshire
Does anyone think it would be possible to rear dairy bred calves and finish on pasture alone (NO concentrates even in the rearing phase). I'm thinking angus or hereford as the sire so should get to decent weights by 20 months with good grazing management and silage making, but not sure how the rearing side would go.
Milk powder and haylage from day one and continue with milk replacer possibly mixed into a TMR rather than as liquid feed until 3 months old?
How much more expensive would it be to rear that calf without concentrates?
Milk powder and haylage from day one and continue with milk replacer possibly mixed into a TMR rather than as liquid feed until 3 months old?
How much more expensive would it be to rear that calf without concentrates?