Quick turnaround key to success of beef finishing business

Growth rate monitoring is the cornerstone of a beef finishing system run by Dylan Jones and his family in Menai Bridge, Wales

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Quick turnaround key to success of beef finishing business

Some 1,500 cattle are sold annually on the Jones family's unit, Castellior, which is fully self-sufficient in livestock feed and bedding. The farm operates a rapid turnaround system for cattle finishing,...

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