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<blockquote data-quote="Walterp" data-source="post: 218621" data-attributes="member: 321"><p>That's a huge topic, and one that I'd not be qualified to say much about - not least because I'm not sure what is best: weight? or in-spec?</p><p></p><p>Neither, it seems to me, are other people - years ago, I recall Mr David Smith/Richard Haddock of Triple S saying that their in spec cattle were only 45%; earlier this year in Ireland, only 37% were completely in-spec for weight/grade. Maybe the problem is, in some respects, not being resolved?</p><p></p><p>I'd like to think that the next few years will help UK beef farmers make up their minds whether they are grass cattle producers (in spec cattle reared mainly on grass and forage) or corn-fed cattle (heavier, younger and housed) in perhaps the same way that the UK dairy job is going down the same intensive/extensive choice of system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walterp, post: 218621, member: 321"] That's a huge topic, and one that I'd not be qualified to say much about - not least because I'm not sure what is best: weight? or in-spec? Neither, it seems to me, are other people - years ago, I recall Mr David Smith/Richard Haddock of Triple S saying that their in spec cattle were only 45%; earlier this year in Ireland, only 37% were completely in-spec for weight/grade. Maybe the problem is, in some respects, not being resolved? I'd like to think that the next few years will help UK beef farmers make up their minds whether they are grass cattle producers (in spec cattle reared mainly on grass and forage) or corn-fed cattle (heavier, younger and housed) in perhaps the same way that the UK dairy job is going down the same intensive/extensive choice of system. [/QUOTE]
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