Tight margins may force beef system changes

摘要

The cost of keeping cattle through to spring 2020 is likely to be lower than last year thanks to bumper forage yields, less concentrate feeding and lower cereal and straw prices in 2019, says Andersons consultant Charlotte Dun.However, these gains will inevitably be eroded by lower farmgate cattle prices, which have been on a downward trend since autumn 2018.