beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
Because maintenance requirements are too high which means more feed has to be put in for the same return. Less cows per acre, more silage needing made. Increase in poaching, shorter grazing season. You know the answers really.
Your cattle look fantastic by the way, I’ve always loved sims, they are a great cow but even on my lowland farm I consider them too big as a rule. Yes I know some are smaller framed and there are big Herefords etc but generally on good farms they will be 800kg and more. And as carcass weight limits are dropping there is no need to have a store with the potential to top out at 800kg. An easy fleshing 650kg cow put to a terminal sire can produce calves that deliver the same dlwg for less input.
Your cattle look fantastic by the way, I’ve always loved sims, they are a great cow but even on my lowland farm I consider them too big as a rule. Yes I know some are smaller framed and there are big Herefords etc but generally on good farms they will be 800kg and more. And as carcass weight limits are dropping there is no need to have a store with the potential to top out at 800kg. An easy fleshing 650kg cow put to a terminal sire can produce calves that deliver the same dlwg for less input.