
TResearch Winter 2024
More than "meats" the eye
More than "meats" the eye
Fertiliser Focus
By L.Connolly, T. Burke and M.Roche
Any discussion on concentrate feeding levels in winter must be in the context of an overall production system. This is particularly so nowadays with premia and other agri-environmental payments contributing so much of the profit margin. Thus, production systems must be designed to maximise the draw-down of direct payments, and feeding levels must then be designed to deliver these production systems.
Just over half of the 2.4 million Irish cows are kept for dairying purposes. Consequently, almost half of Irish beef output originates in the dairy herd.
Any discussion on concentrate feeding levels in winter must be in the context of an overall production system. This is particularly so nowadays with premia and other agri-environmental payments contributing so much of the profit margin. Thus, production systems must be designed to maximise the draw-down of direct payments, and feeding levels must then be designed to deliver these production systems.
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