Why should what a cow looks like concern you as a consumer?
For 50 plus years I have been intensively studying and judging the physical makeup of both beef and dairy cattle. During this time I have observed a dramatic change in body shape of all breeds of cow from moderate framed, wide based to taller and narrower. The result is clearly a frailer and weaker animal with many, many problems. This has had negative ramifications for the cattle, the farmer and the consumer.
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saimco.com.auFarmers worldwide are under pressure from rising production costs because modern cows – Genetically Altered Bovine Breeds (GABBY) – require feed supplementation, hormones, antibiotics, intensive care and have very poor fertility. Farmers are now farming a high input cow with actual real costs showing up to be higher than returns. Farmers must change the design of the cow they are farming if they are to be sustainable and profitable. Successful grass based farming is only possible with the correct design of your cow herd.
The recent adjustment in milk returns and potential for lower returns next season understandably has dairy farmers reeling. One does not have to spend a lot of time in Google to see there is a worldwide surplus in milk production. We have witnessed New Zealand farmers taking dramatic reductions in their farm gate prices and […]
Read MoreThe recent full page advertisement taken by a group of Australia’s leading Poll Dorset Stud Sheep Breeders publicly announcing their dissatisfaction with ASBVs commonly known as Lambplan struck a chord with me. Anyone who has ever spoken with me or read any of my writings will be clear that I passionately believe the heavy use […]
Read MoreThe following was posted on the Beef Central website Russia has imposed bans or greater levels of product testing on up to five large Australian export beef processors, following the detection of trenbolone acetate, an ingredient in some hormonal growth promotants, in Australian beef exports. The action has taken the Australian industry by surprise. Russia’s […]
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