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How one Cornish farm is rearing beef efficiently and sustainably

Setting the groundwork for early-life performance with good feed and genetics is helping push performance on a grass- and forage-based system

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Alongside the suckler herd, the Harpers also raise Aberdeen-Angus-sired dairy cross calves
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Alongside the suckler herd, the Harpers also raise Aberdeen-Angus-sired dairy cross calves

Good nutrition and carefully selected genetics are delivering impressive daily liveweight gains of up to 1.6kg for Cornish beef farmer Bill Harper. Bill and his wife, Suzanne, run a 120-cow suckler...

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