A shortage of fodder, rising prices for concentrated feed and a lack of profitability has prompted a dramatic increase in the number of cull cows being slaughtered in Scotland.
A shortage of fodder, rising prices for concentrated feed and a lack of profitability has prompted a dramatic increase in the number of cull cows being slaughtered in Scotland.
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ROG WOOD
There is also anecdotal evidence from scanners of more barren cows than usual following the wet summer.
Stuart Ashworth, economist with Quality Meat Scotland, revealed to The Herald that the number of cull cows being slaughtered was up 7.5% in September compared with the same month last year. "Between January and September this year there has been a 3.5% increase compared with the same period last year," said Mr Ashworth.
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