Second grazing adds profit

The financial advantage of taking progeny through to sale after a second grazing season was revealed at the Beef Open Day at Teagasc, Grange, Co Meath.

As a result, there is a broadly consistent trend of calf to beef or calf to store systems being more profitable than calf to weanling — if the proportion of grazed grass in the annual feed budget is maximised, whilst also availing of compensatory growth during the second grazing season.

In these findings by Paul Crosson and Mark McGee, the prices assumed are average national prices.