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do ye fatten your cull cows ?

  • 05-06-2010 10:10am
    #1
    whelan1
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    or send them straight to the factory ?


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  • #2
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    whelan1 wrote: »
    or send them straight to the factory ?

    yes

    yes


    we fatten them and then straight to the factory


  • #3
    ravima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭ravima


    theres no point is sending a skeleton to the factory. put her out to grass for a while, build up some weight and you can get decent money for them.


  • #4
    locky76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭locky76


    whelan1 wrote: »
    or send them straight to the factory ?

    I sent 6 to the factory on Monday and got €850 apiece for them, i was happy with the money as they were the worst of my herd, i'm cutting back to 20 cows.
    i had them on nuts for 7 weeks building it up to 4kgs a head for a finish.
    the best made short of a grand and the worst around €750.


  • #5
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    i think my da sees it as a challenge to fatten the worst screws around:rolleyes: the agent that brings our cows to the factory says they kill out better if dry for a while but on the other hand says not to waste your meal feeding them ... he also says sure havent you got loads of milk and calves off them during the years and you still want top dollar when they go to the factory:mad:


  • #6
    goat2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    i do know it is off topic
    but since i am on to producers of meat on this forum
    i would like to know where aldi and lidl get their meats pork. beef, lamb and chicken, is it irish reared and slaughtered


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  • #7
    John_F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 663 ✭✭✭John_F


    goat2 wrote: »
    i do know it is off topic
    but since i am on to producers of meat on this forum
    i would like to know where aldi and lidl get their meats pork. beef, lamb and chicken, is it irish reared and slaughtered

    as far as i know lidl and tesco are geting beef from AIBP and maybe their uk company ABP


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