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<blockquote data-quote="Flying_Finn" data-source="post: 606580" data-attributes="member: 9104"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I'm also new here, and I wanted to hear how's beef cattle production different around the globe.</p><p></p><p>Here's some fact's about beef production on Finland:</p><p></p><p>Small farms, average 40 ha and about 30 or less cows (both dairy and suckler).</p><p>Costs are heavy because of long winter (housing, indoor-feeding, building). Nowadays most of beefs are grown in 3wall -barns, which are as cold as the air outside (can go down to -25 Celsius). Which is not a problem for the breeds we use here (Hereford, Angus, Limousin, Charolais, Simmental and Highland)</p><p></p><p>EU and Finnish agricultural policy has meant a very high amount of restrictions, regarding manure, for example, we can't spread it to the fields as much we want, or even as much as the plants would need it.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, this environment-boom has meant more financial support for turning arable land, that's deep towards rivers, lakes or the sea to grassing land (don't know the word, but keeping cows inside fenced fields)</p><p></p><p>I'm only starting beef cow production, and I'm mostly interested in how you (especially in northern USA, CANADA, Great Britain with a bit similar conditions):</p><p></p><p>1. How you house your cows (or do you have to build anything, cubicles, sloped floor..?)</p><p>2. How much (per hectar for example) you have 'em</p><p>3. Which time of the year you prefer the cows to calve</p><p>4. Which breed you use and why</p><p>5. Pretty much everything around beeg cattle production</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flying_Finn, post: 606580, member: 9104"] Hi all, I'm also new here, and I wanted to hear how's beef cattle production different around the globe. Here's some fact's about beef production on Finland: Small farms, average 40 ha and about 30 or less cows (both dairy and suckler). Costs are heavy because of long winter (housing, indoor-feeding, building). Nowadays most of beefs are grown in 3wall -barns, which are as cold as the air outside (can go down to -25 Celsius). Which is not a problem for the breeds we use here (Hereford, Angus, Limousin, Charolais, Simmental and Highland) EU and Finnish agricultural policy has meant a very high amount of restrictions, regarding manure, for example, we can't spread it to the fields as much we want, or even as much as the plants would need it. On the other hand, this environment-boom has meant more financial support for turning arable land, that's deep towards rivers, lakes or the sea to grassing land (don't know the word, but keeping cows inside fenced fields) I'm only starting beef cow production, and I'm mostly interested in how you (especially in northern USA, CANADA, Great Britain with a bit similar conditions): 1. How you house your cows (or do you have to build anything, cubicles, sloped floor..?) 2. How much (per hectar for example) you have 'em 3. Which time of the year you prefer the cows to calve 4. Which breed you use and why 5. Pretty much everything around beeg cattle production Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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