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<blockquote data-quote="Aspiring Peasants" data-source="post: 7936802" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Talking sheep here. It's been a largely accepted doctrine that grass is good and cake is bad. I've always thought this is over simplistic because the cost of grass should include rent field maintenance etc.</p><p></p><p>However ignoring that, with fertilizer at £700 to £800 per ton the cost of producing grass has shot up so 100% grass produced lambs are not going to be as cheap to produce after all. </p><p></p><p>Is it time to question what the"experts" tell us and accept that feeding cake as a supplement to grass is not heresy and will probably be more cost effective this year. It also means that it is more cost effective to feed lambs that are going to be worth £3 per Kg than rather than £2.50 given they have the same conversion rate, although I expect the better lambs will convert better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aspiring Peasants, post: 7936802, member: 198"] Talking sheep here. It's been a largely accepted doctrine that grass is good and cake is bad. I've always thought this is over simplistic because the cost of grass should include rent field maintenance etc. However ignoring that, with fertilizer at £700 to £800 per ton the cost of producing grass has shot up so 100% grass produced lambs are not going to be as cheap to produce after all. Is it time to question what the"experts" tell us and accept that feeding cake as a supplement to grass is not heresy and will probably be more cost effective this year. It also means that it is more cost effective to feed lambs that are going to be worth £3 per Kg than rather than £2.50 given they have the same conversion rate, although I expect the better lambs will convert better. [/QUOTE]
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