Farm Finance: Consider the law of diminishing returns when reassessing your inputs this year
A 2014 study highlighted a 0.6kg liveweight gain response for 2kg of concentrate feeding, whereas doubling the concentrates to 4kg resulted only in an extra 0.25kg gain.
Figures released by the Central Statistics Office this past week show the annual inflation rate has reached a 20-year high at 5.6%.Â
The surge in fuel prices over the past fortnight have yet to feed into the inflation figures, meaning the inflation rate for March is likely to spike higher, meanwhile the medium-term effect of increased fuel prices on production and transport will continue to feed into increased prices for goods over the medium term.Â
