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Targeting faster finishing and improved feed efficiency

Genetics, nutrition and data are being used together and tested under commercial pressure at Bromstead Farm, the research unit home to ABP

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Andrew Macleod
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Andrew Macleod

The Shropshire-based unit at Bromstead Farm runs a rolling herd of about 700 head, with four to six batches of 120 calves arriving each year. Predominantly Angus-sired dairy-beef, the calves come in at...

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