Cost and carbon footprint have driven a Devon family to reduce the number of replacements reared. The facts that it costs nearly 2,000 to rear a replacement heifer to calving and that unproductive animals...
Cost and carbon footprint have driven a Devon family to reduce the number of replacements reared. The facts that it costs nearly 2,000 to rear a replacement heifer to calving and that unproductive animals...
From foot-and-mouth to farm to fork, why going regenerative is the next logical step for the family at Askerton Castle Estate in Cumbria
Farming is in the blood of the Thomas family, but in the last two decades the system has been transformed from dairy to an integrated beef and merchanting business.
Some beef producers may be missing out a simple management tool that could save money and improve herd performance. Ellie Layton finds out more.