Gerard Sherlock: Counting the cost of rearing bull calves – I worked it out at €146/hd and I was happy to get €58/hd for them
And that’s before you factor in the labour
‘The bull calves were all well fed and well looked after, which is my policy because if you don’t feed properly, you definitely won’t have a saleable calf’. Photo: Roger Jones
We breathed a huge sigh of relief recently as we got a second clear TB test. This meant we were free to sell livestock again.
All trading of cattle stopped on October 23 when we were restricted. That was a down period of almost 21 weeks.
