A group of autumn 2013 born bulls on Marty’s farm. The bulls were weighged on 16 September and averaged 485kg at 12.7 months of age. They were sold in late Sept and October.
Read a very interesting and informative article by Nathan Tuffy, on MED member and BETTER Farm beef programme member Marty Lenehan from Co. Sligo in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.
Marty tells how grassland management can lead to significant savings on meal costs, in an article entitled ” The Cost of Autumn Calving Offset by Higher Output”