Cattle marts report: Small beef farmer is the fall guy as buyers focus on large animals

As you well know at this stage, I’m a glass half full man, rather than a glass half empty. Indeed so long as I have any drink at all, I’m happy.

Cattle marts report: Small beef farmer is the fall guy as buyers focus on large animals

I’m an optimist by nature. But recently, nature has made it very hard to be optimistic. And my optimistic nature really took a battering on Sunday last, a day that was cold, windy and very wet.

A day when, not only did the grass not grow, but it regressed back into the ground. Here we are with summer less than three weeks away, and we are still awaiting the arrival of spring.

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