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Faster Away........Herefords Pay
HEREFORD bulls sire stock that finish faster to leave more money on the bottom line say suckler herd owners James Kissick and son Graham in Co Antrim.“Because we want cattle to keep the Kissicks, not the other way round, we switched to Herefords from continental bulls,” James asserted. 
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Moving with the Times to Maximise Margins
“By putting our continental crossbred cows to the right type of Hereford we are getting higher value animals that finish fast off grass to give a more rapid and profitable turnover. “Instead of feeding two tonne of homegrown organic barley worth £200 a tonne to finish continental sired beef cattle we are finishing Herefords on half a tonne thus saving £300 a head! Click me to load document
Hereford Bulls are Mainstay of Dairy Heifer Rearing Business
“We’d always believed that the Hereford bull on the first calf heifer was the perfect choice as the one thing above all that you want from the heifer is an easy calving, and you also want to know that the calf will get up and live,” he says. A 50-head suckler herd – based largely on Holstein x Hereford or Holstein x Simmental females - forms an important second string to the McCubbines’ business, and here too, the Hereford has proved to be the ideal crossing sire.Click me to load document