Efficient Beef
Feed efficiency testing benefits wider beef industry
A new partnership arrangement has given Te Mania Angus the opportunity to further invest in infrastructure and the Wilding family grabbed the opportunity to install a feed intake testing unit on their North Canterbury farm. Words Sandra Taylor.
Feed efficiency is the answer to almost every issue facing beef, so why isn’t it our priority?
Red meat consumption in the news almost always is demanding a reduction in environmental impact. Dr Jim Gibbs, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Lincoln University, and Banks Peninsula cattle breeder Brent Fisher penned their thoughts on the golden river of dairy animals competing for killing space against the more efficient animal everyone is chasing. Words Dr Jim Gibbs & Brent Fisher.