Kieran Coughlan: Contract rearing offers real opportunity for hard-working farmers this spring
As the weather has settled again, the cattle grazing season has got under way in earnest. The Spring watershed, the point at which the weather settles enough to turn cattle out to the fields without return, marks a key decision making point of the year.
Livestock farmers across the country will be weighing up their options — whether it’s to stock up on yearlings, or two year old store cattle to graze down pastures, to hold tough for another few weeks to allow prices settle, or for those who have overwintered cattle to sell now while demand is strong.
