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Labour and cost involved in rearing calves

4512 · 2015-03-29 21:26:10

Have a flock of 200 lowland ewes but am going to expand. We dont have many sheds but are thinking of building and we seem to have more than enough grass when it is managed well. There is a heavy workload involved with the ewes so i was thinking of getting into cattle. What would the advantages and disadvantages of rearing…

29-03-2015 9:26pm

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Have a flock of 200 lowland ewes but am going to expand. We dont have many sheds but are thinking of building and we seem to have more than enough grass when it is managed well. There is a heavy workload involved with the ewes so i was thinking of getting into cattle. What would the advantages and disadvantages of rearing calves be and what would be a suitable number to rear?

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