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Grain Finishing Of Beef Cattle Grazing Dry Pasture Or Stubble, D J. Barker
Grain Finishing Of Beef Cattle Grazing Dry Pasture Or Stubble, D J. Barker
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WHEAT quotas, poor wool prices and the availability of cheap grain on the farm have stimulated interest in grain finishing of cattle for out-of-season beef production. For many years, Animals turned off in the autumn-winter period have brought better prices than those sold in summer, at the end of the pasture flush.
Feeding grain supplements to cattle on dry pasture or stubble requires less capital than feedlotting and saves the cost of handling and processing roughage.
This article gives the essentials for grain supplementation of dry pasture or stubble but warns that grain finishing is unlikely to be profitable outside …
Supplementing Calves With Tallow : Results Of A Trial At Wokalup Research Station, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Supplementing Calves With Tallow : Results Of A Trial At Wokalup Research Station, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE removal of butterfat from milk by separation, reduces the energy content of the milk by about 50 per cent., and must slow the growth of calves unless extra energy is provided from some other source.
In the dairying districts of Western Australia, there has been considerable interest in recent years in the addition of homogenised tallow to skim milk to provide extra energy.
Good calves have been produced by this means.
Dry Supplements Reduce Labour And Cost Of Calf Rearing, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Dry Supplements Reduce Labour And Cost Of Calf Rearing, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The conventional method of hand rearing dairy calves in Western Australia calls for the feeding of whole milk, skim milk and/or milk substitutes for periods of up to 16 weeks.
This requirement for milk and labour has often prevented beef production from becoming a major sideline on many wholemilk and butterfat farms.
The two trials reported below* were carried out at Bramley Research Station to see if milk consumption and time to weaning could be reduced by free-feeding hay and cereal based supplements.