Attrition rates of farmers willing to rear calves ‘a significant challenge’

Continued high attrition rates in the number of farmers rearing calves was highlighted as a “significant challenge” in the Irish dairy-calf-to-beef industry at a recent Teagasc farm walk. Speaking at the Teagasc DairyBeef500 farm walk on the farm of Keith and Olivia Lowry in Tuam, Co. Galway, last Thursday (July 9), Teagasc adviser John Kilboyle […] The post Attrition rates of farmers willing to rear calves ‘a significant challenge’ appeared first on Agriland.ie.