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Beef growth rates boosted by high value maize

Good quality maize silage is key to the beef finishing business ran by Edward Liversidge

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The TMR at Primrose Hill Farm is based on maize silage
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The TMR at Primrose Hill Farm is based on maize silage

Maintaining target growth rates in a beef finishing enterprise requires a year-round ration that is well-balanced, high in energy and easily digestible. For Yorkshire farmer Edward Liversidge, based at...

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