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Beef Flashcards

1
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Stock Numbers

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  • 21 suckler cows
  • 5 replacement heifers
  • Keep 30 dairy beef calves every year
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2
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Suckelrs target weaning age and weight

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8 months
330kg

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3
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Sucklers Spring Turn Out

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12 months
400kg

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4
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Sucklers Second Housing

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19 months
580kg

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5
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Sucklers slaughter age

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24 months
720kg

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6
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Dairy beef weaning age

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7
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DairyBeef spring tun out age and weight at turnout

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12 months
400kg

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8
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Dairy Beef second housing

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19 months
500kg

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9
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Dairy Beef Slaughter Age

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24 months
585 kg

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10
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Sucklers feeding regime

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chopped straw, PRG and a precalving mineral

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11
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Dairy Beef feeding regime

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Chopped straw and PRG

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12
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Dairy Beef Stores Meal

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4.5kg (100 days)

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13
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Sucklers meal

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4.5 kg (150 days)

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14
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Dairy Beef calves meal

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1.5 kg (150 days)

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15
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Dairy Beef calf ration compostion

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18% protein once they are off the calf crunch

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16
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Beef finishers ration compostion

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16% protein

17
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Grass system

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  • 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
18
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Suckler Cows Health

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Lepto in March
Clostridial in May
Respiratory in January
Fluke, stomach worm, hoose and lice in November

19
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Weanlings/Store Health

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Lepto in March
Respirtory in January and July
Fluke, stomach worms, hoose and lice in November

20
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Finishing Cattle Health

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Respiratory in September
Fluke in November
Stomach worms in July and November
Hoose in July and November

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