In Queensland, Australia two southeast beef producers have been awarded a significant environmental award. The award for a cattle feed conversion testing station, which was built by the two beef producers. Rathdowney producers Matthew Arkinstall and Warren Drynan are the people behind the creation of a feed efficiency test facility at the Drynan family property, Running Creek, designed to improve sustainable beef production.
Results from the first feeding trial concluding late last year showed individual efficiencies ranging from 3.62:1 to 8.5:1. All animals gained in excess of 2kg/day, with the best at 3.09kg/day, based on a 77-day test. “The problem is that it’s impossible to tell the difference between efficient converters and inefficient ones, just by looking at them,” Arkinstall said. Read more ...
Results from the first feeding trial concluding late last year showed individual efficiencies ranging from 3.62:1 to 8.5:1. All animals gained in excess of 2kg/day, with the best at 3.09kg/day, based on a 77-day test. “The problem is that it’s impossible to tell the difference between efficient converters and inefficient ones, just by looking at them,” Arkinstall said. Read more ...
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