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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 5747996" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>There's a guy near here that is outwintering on fodder beet, and rotationally grazing grass the rest of the time, as a lot of kiwis are. He's obviously had an awful winter and summer for it this year, and the cattle looked dreadful last winter as you might imagine. This summer's drought has meant he has had to feed concentrates to finish the cattle (with a snacker at grass), but they looked well recently to be fair. He was saying that the (substantial) extra costs incurred this year have meant that his net margin was back to £200/hd, rather than the budgeted £300. Even that reduced margin would be at the top end for finishing cattle I'd have thought. </p><p>There was a talk there a couple of weeks ago, with a kiwi adviser talking. He was pretty insistent that performance could be improved significantly from the beet too.</p><p> </p><p>I'd have thought you'd have better ground & weather for that system down there, and not be reliant on contractors do all your growing as he is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 5747996, member: 348"] There's a guy near here that is outwintering on fodder beet, and rotationally grazing grass the rest of the time, as a lot of kiwis are. He's obviously had an awful winter and summer for it this year, and the cattle looked dreadful last winter as you might imagine. This summer's drought has meant he has had to feed concentrates to finish the cattle (with a snacker at grass), but they looked well recently to be fair. He was saying that the (substantial) extra costs incurred this year have meant that his net margin was back to £200/hd, rather than the budgeted £300. Even that reduced margin would be at the top end for finishing cattle I'd have thought. There was a talk there a couple of weeks ago, with a kiwi adviser talking. He was pretty insistent that performance could be improved significantly from the beet too. I'd have thought you'd have better ground & weather for that system down there, and not be reliant on contractors do all your growing as he is. [/QUOTE]
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