Beef Flashcards
Stock Numbers
- 21 suckler cows
- 5 replacement heifers
- Keep 30 dairy beef calves every year
Suckelrs target weaning age and weight
8 months
330kg
Sucklers Spring Turn Out
12 months
400kg
Sucklers Second Housing
19 months
580kg
Sucklers slaughter age
24 months
720kg
Dairy beef weaning age
DairyBeef spring tun out age and weight at turnout
12 months
400kg
Dairy Beef second housing
19 months
500kg
Dairy Beef Slaughter Age
24 months
585 kg
Sucklers feeding regime
chopped straw, PRG and a precalving mineral
Dairy Beef feeding regime
Chopped straw and PRG
Dairy Beef Stores Meal
4.5kg (100 days)
Sucklers meal
4.5 kg (150 days)
Dairy Beef calves meal
1.5 kg (150 days)
Dairy Beef calf ration compostion
18% protein once they are off the calf crunch
Beef finishers ration compostion
16% protein
Grass system
- Leader follower system
- First 6 months, the dairy beef cattle follow the dairy beef calves, after the calves should be able to finish out their own paddocks
- Aim is to finish out the dairy beef cattle before their second housing on grass. House continetnal breeds after their grazing period
- Dairy beef cattle- 6 fields (multispecies)
- Sucklers and sheep share 10 fields. Zero nitrogen paddock with red and white clover that they graze on
Suckler Cows Health
Lepto in March
Clostridial in May
Respiratory in January
Fluke, stomach worm, hoose and lice in November
Weanlings/Store Health
Lepto in March
Respirtory in January and July
Fluke, stomach worms, hoose and lice in November
Finishing Cattle Health
Respiratory in September
Fluke in November
Stomach worms in July and November
Hoose in July and November
