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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 700125" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>Probably about 8th or 9th in terms of numbers of registered pure bred cattle. I think there are about 1400 registered Murray Grey cows-around similar numbers of Charolais and South Devons.</p><p> If you talk about total beef cattle, then very small numbers of MG's compared to all the rest. Most popular are Angus and Hereford then possibly Simmentals.</p><p></p><p>Most of the MG herds are pretty small, ie under 50 cows. Most of the bulls are sold to dairy herds for heifer mating but the dairycow x MG progeny are doing well in the local trade beef market, which is for home consumption rather than export.</p><p> Being a small country (pop. 4.2million) we rely heavily on exports of agricultural exports and tourism for income! Export beef tends to be the heavy weight European 3yr old beef, plus Freisian bulls (for hanburger mince!) Virtually all beef is finished on grass. </p><p></p><p>Even the Pure bred bull trials where weaner bulls from different studs are run through as one mob to 2yrs in preparation for the National Beef Bull sale in May, are run outside on green feed plus hay/baleage in the winter.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not hard to qualify if you have plenty of money to start a business or buy land ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 700125, member: 6511"] Probably about 8th or 9th in terms of numbers of registered pure bred cattle. I think there are about 1400 registered Murray Grey cows-around similar numbers of Charolais and South Devons. If you talk about total beef cattle, then very small numbers of MG's compared to all the rest. Most popular are Angus and Hereford then possibly Simmentals. Most of the MG herds are pretty small, ie under 50 cows. Most of the bulls are sold to dairy herds for heifer mating but the dairycow x MG progeny are doing well in the local trade beef market, which is for home consumption rather than export. Being a small country (pop. 4.2million) we rely heavily on exports of agricultural exports and tourism for income! Export beef tends to be the heavy weight European 3yr old beef, plus Freisian bulls (for hanburger mince!) Virtually all beef is finished on grass. Even the Pure bred bull trials where weaner bulls from different studs are run through as one mob to 2yrs in preparation for the National Beef Bull sale in May, are run outside on green feed plus hay/baleage in the winter. Not hard to qualify if you have plenty of money to start a business or buy land ;-) [/QUOTE]
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