Advice for beef farmers: Can your 500kg bullock eat more than 70kg of fresh grass per day?

Grass supply has become an issue for many beef and dairy producers over the last week.
Advice for beef farmers: Can your 500kg bullock eat more than 70kg of fresh grass per day?

Those who are measuring grass have seen excellent growth rates recently, but conditions for grass utilisation have become less than ideal.

Some had seen growth rates well over 50kg/ha, which is mainly due to soil being three degrees warmer than the same time last year.

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