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<blockquote data-quote="gone up the hill" data-source="post: 7435518" data-attributes="member: 1048"><p>Yes they will that is for sure but of course that does not mean all NZ type farms, some like yourself are breeding calves that are worth rearing but no end of farms are not doing this, two years ago at Sedge i saw about 90 NZ mongrel calves sold, out of that 90 only 4/5 calves were of your type of calve and worth rearing, the rest needed a bullet that day i am sad to say.</p><p></p><p>Reality is that a 280/300 deadweight animal at 2+ years now is an utter waste of time, they need to be 100 kilos heavier on the hook by that age and on a mostly grass based system to show a decent return for all the work/costs involved, esp when for example straw will be £110+ ton and fert is £60 ton up on the year alone, housing cattle and grazing grass in the summer is not cost free!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone up the hill, post: 7435518, member: 1048"] Yes they will that is for sure but of course that does not mean all NZ type farms, some like yourself are breeding calves that are worth rearing but no end of farms are not doing this, two years ago at Sedge i saw about 90 NZ mongrel calves sold, out of that 90 only 4/5 calves were of your type of calve and worth rearing, the rest needed a bullet that day i am sad to say. Reality is that a 280/300 deadweight animal at 2+ years now is an utter waste of time, they need to be 100 kilos heavier on the hook by that age and on a mostly grass based system to show a decent return for all the work/costs involved, esp when for example straw will be £110+ ton and fert is £60 ton up on the year alone, housing cattle and grazing grass in the summer is not cost free! [/QUOTE]
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