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Advice for beef farmers: Dry cows can tidy up pastures

Advice for beef farmers

Advice for beef farmers: Dry cows can tidy up pastures — At Macroom Mart last Saturday, three Hereford heifers born March 2018, which weighed 481kg, sold for €850.

Tue, 07 Jul, 2020 - 13:20

Brian Reidy, Premier Farm Nutrition

Autumn calving in suckler herds will begin in the next month or so. Many have weaned last autumn’s calves, and cows are now dry or soon will be. As well as suckler herds gearing up for calving autumn cows, creep feeding of spring-born calves will commence soon.

Creep feeding spring calves

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