Kill out % and grades of dairy bred blues

Raider112

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Ouch sorry to hear, yes i was always brought up being told to never to trust a bull.

How do you go on with group sizes? Is there a limit to stop bullying from happening or are they ok?
Riding can be a bigger problem if you mix sizes or different groups. Getting cover on them can be a problem so check if that would be a penalty before you send them, and you need them away before 16 months if going deadweight.
 
Does anyone do dairy bred blues off a forage based diet here in the UK on here?

If so, can you still achieve reasonable growth with them or do blues only really do on a hard fed diet like cereals and such?
 
They dont need to be on ad lib cereals,but they need feeding hard in the last 2-3 months.Hardly ever get any fatter than a 3 either,should all grade 0+ or better.
How much cereal would they need in the final 2-3 months? Would a TMR type ration be capable of acheiving a decent enough fat cover?
 

HarryB97

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Mixed Farmer
Does anyone do dairy bred blues off a forage based diet here in the UK on here?

If so, can you still achieve reasonable growth with them or do blues only really do on a hard fed diet like cereals and such?
That will work well for growing them but you will get no finish on them without cereals
 

Raider112

Member
So if they wanted to put them through the stores instead what would 550 to 600 plus heifers be worth in the North of England?
Got a few myself that I'm wondering what to do with but I'm asking on the OP's behalf so that I'm not hijacking the thread!!
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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