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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7713410" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>kg of breeding stock, might be worth more, but l wouldn't think there is much difference in properly finished prime beef. The big problem with the UK beef farming, is it's lack of uniformity, you only have to walk through the store, or prime pens, at a mkt, to see that, liquorice allsorts. </p><p> Imagine being the beef buyer, for a large s/mkt, you want, x tons of beef carcases, all same size, to chop up, into various standard size packs, then think about the USA feed lots, where virtually all the stock, is of the same size/type, and a standard pack, killing x 1,000 per day. The buyer would struggle to find enough same spec cattle, or, he could order any number, certain of the same spec, with 1 call. And l would suggest the lack of uniformity, is one basic fact, why imported beef, is cheaper than UK product.</p><p> Lad around here, managed a farm, running sucklers, who were AA out of grass rat dairy cows, from next door, so he had 300 cows, all same size, 450 kg, all put to AA bulls, AI and natural, calving in a 60 day window, fattened all the hfrs, on grass, for a premium contract, steers, either store, or fat, depending on trade, all gone by 24 months, all on grass, with no housing. So basically 2x450kg =900, or 1 900kg cont cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7713410, member: 86168"] kg of breeding stock, might be worth more, but l wouldn't think there is much difference in properly finished prime beef. The big problem with the UK beef farming, is it's lack of uniformity, you only have to walk through the store, or prime pens, at a mkt, to see that, liquorice allsorts. Imagine being the beef buyer, for a large s/mkt, you want, x tons of beef carcases, all same size, to chop up, into various standard size packs, then think about the USA feed lots, where virtually all the stock, is of the same size/type, and a standard pack, killing x 1,000 per day. The buyer would struggle to find enough same spec cattle, or, he could order any number, certain of the same spec, with 1 call. And l would suggest the lack of uniformity, is one basic fact, why imported beef, is cheaper than UK product. Lad around here, managed a farm, running sucklers, who were AA out of grass rat dairy cows, from next door, so he had 300 cows, all same size, 450 kg, all put to AA bulls, AI and natural, calving in a 60 day window, fattened all the hfrs, on grass, for a premium contract, steers, either store, or fat, depending on trade, all gone by 24 months, all on grass, with no housing. So basically 2x450kg =900, or 1 900kg cont cow. [/QUOTE]
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