gone up the hill
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Why spend £100 a head, feeding grain to them, while they're outside at grass?
8kg x 90 days = over 700 kg a head x barley /wheat @ over £140 a tonne = over £100 / head.
@gone up the hill
Is grass finished beef not possible for where you are ? Or do you have a system that looks for maximum turnover of cattle?
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Down here TB is a massive never ending problem alongside 60 day testing and grass keep is very expensive due to every man and his dog wanting it. ( not that you can put cattle on it because of TB regs anyway )
Very hard to get a proper fhinsh on BBx cattle thus why they will need barley, more you feed them now the sooner they will be gone, grass based fhinshing ( ie all grass ) is best done with breeds such as Angus/ Hereford etc that have been bred for the job over the last century or so.