OPINION: What other sector would produce stock without knowing its final market value?

Farmers Guardian's head of livestock reflects on current prices for breeding cattle in relation to the finished trade

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OPINION: What other sector would produce stock without knowing its final market value?

There does seem have been some renewed confidence int the beef sector over the last year or so and in spite of the finished beef price falling fairly significantly over the last few weeks it doesn't seem...

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