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Money ain't everything...I like to walk round my cattle twice a dayDon't worry about what they look like, just think about margin
Money ain't everything...I like to walk round my cattle twice a dayDon't worry about what they look like, just think about margin
Money ain't everything...I like to walk round my cattle twice a day
Expensive if they're in the shedEasier if they're in a shed.
Off topic but how the f... do people make cattle pay feeding adlib cereals ... it didn't stack when barley was £70
Expensive if they're in the shed
Think of all the straw, the bedding down, the mucking out...oh all the wasted timeNo, much cheaper. Think about the cost of a shed and the stocking capacity compared with an acre of ground, it's capital cost, and stocking capacity.
I had my best year ever when wheat was £200
No, much cheaper. Think about the cost of a shed and the stocking capacity compared with an acre of ground, it's capital cost, and stocking capacity.
You'd be horrified here then....Very true. If we could have cattle out all year it would obviously be far better, but we can't so we have to have sheds. If you have a shed it makes no sense to have it empty half the year.
same here old wives tale I reckonNever had a problem here. I've also had many deaths due to the abattoir czmate [emoji6]
I was paying 70 for wheat then .i could fatten a cow in 4 month that would take you 6Off topic but how the f... do people make cattle pay feeding adlib cereals ... it didn't stack when barley was £70
Like being in a shed but only outside...and cheaperMine were.on add lib outside .
we used know when the mill was putting in new barley for the fattening pigs ....it used to make them shite a bit loose....we then had to ask them to go back to old barley in the mix for us for a month or so.......You can't feed new barley ad lib if they've been on ad lib old crop they'll get barley poisoning
Does make sense that cost of shed should be utilised 12 months of the year to spread cost, as do a few big feeders in my area, buying contracted waste feed cheap through the summer months, but as a store producer obviously turn out saves money and grazing on young leys despite input costs increases profitability, but the value of spring turn out, opening the gates and watching them have a run and lifting those back legs in enjoyment, reckon to me worth 100 a beast for the enjoyment factorVery true. If we could have cattle out all year it would obviously be far better, but we can't so we have to have sheds. If you have a shed it makes no sense to have it empty half the year.
same hereMy heart stopped beating for a second when I read that
We ran out of cereals before harvest and so were buying grain which was painful.
Hence, when we cut the barley, it was very ripe and 9%, I started to utilise it straight away.
About 10 days after starting on the new crop, we had a fattening bull die from kidney failure. Is this a coincidence or quite likely caused by the fresh barley? We don't only feed barley but it makes about half of the ration. Bulls are add lib. This one was 550 kg.