Barley beef

[buttercup]

Will the price of the barley now around £150\t vs £330 for 16% nuts. Is barley beef back, and the best way to feed it. Thinking of buying some Aa x calves from a local dairy herd and then putting barley in to them ...?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Did barley beef ever go away….

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Barley good quality protein and minerals

 

[deleted user 837354]

Probably worth a try if cake is more than £300 a tonne. What have you got to lose in the face of that?

 

[gone up the hill]

Will the price of the barley now around £150\t vs £330 for 16% nuts. Is barley beef back, and the best way to feed it. Thinking of buying some Aa x calves from a local dairy herd and then putting barley in to them ...?

Waste of time for dairy bred cattle. ( unless under TB and home bred )

If doing Barley beef go and buy some 5/6 month old suckler reared bulls.

 

[harperfarmer]

Waste of time for dairy bred cattle. ( unless under TB and home bred )

If doing Barley beef go and buy some 5/6 month old suckler reared bulls.

Why is it?!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Did barley beef ever go away….

Not here it didn’t.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Will the price of the barley now around £150\t vs £330 for 16% nuts. Is barley beef back, and the best way to feed it. Thinking of buying some Aa x calves from a local dairy herd and then putting barley in to them ...?

AAx won’t be the best breed for barley beef though… you get small fat carcasses. It works, don’t get me wrong. But continentals are better on the barley beef job if you’re starting with calves and going right through on the trough

 

[Just because]

Why is it?!

Was thinking the same. Could dry up faster than his reply mind

 

[buttercup]

They can be a bit squat

 

[harperfarmer]

Was thinking the same. Could dry up faster than his reply mind

For someone so assured he's very reticent when it's comes to explaining

 

[Just because]

For someone so assured he's very reticent when it's comes to explaining

Plus barley will soon be back over £200

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Plus barley will soon be back over £200

Not sure about that, if you look at the amount of barley been drilled in place of wheat...

 

[BAF]

Not sure about that, if you look at the amount of barley been drilled in place of wheat...

Theres a lot of drowned crops that will be being ripped up and replaced with spring barley in the next couple of weeks as the ground starts to dry up....hopefully!

 

[Just because]

Not sure about that, if you look at the amount of barley been drilled in place of wheat...

Barley at harvest is already £179pt not much been drilled yet

 

[buttercup]

What is the best\cheapest way to feed barley. Mill and mix, or acid treat...?