Scan eye muscle to cut feed costs

摘要

Almost half of all beef carcasses sent to the abattoir fail to meet market specifications. It may sound shocking, but this is a reality facing the beef industry.Pedigree beef farmer James Kimber believes eye muscle scanning is a vital tool that can help redress this balance. So strong is his belief that he has been using ultrasonic scanning extensively within his herd of 32 mostly autumn calving, pedigree Simmental and Charolais cows for the past seven years.