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Lamb fattening

  • 27-04-2013 1:57pm
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    kfk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭


    Anyone have any idea of the profit margins for lamb (reared from birth) to slaughter? Which are the best breeds for lowland? Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    DMAXMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭DMAXMAN


    kfk wrote: »
    Anyone have any idea of the profit margins for lamb (reared from birth) to slaughter? Which are the best breeds for lowland? Thanks in advance
    just a rough guide to my own figures off the top of my head. costs per ewe are:replacement/mortality 20 euro per head per annum.feed(normal year) 10 euro per head vaccines,dose minerals 10 per ewe. ram cost 2 per ewe, fert per ewe 10. other fixed costs and misc costs 40euro per ewe


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