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Merchants and co-ops are offering cheaper bulk rations as farmers deal with cattle housed earlier than expected.
Cheaper bulk mixes, being branded as fodder stretchers, are trading anywhere from €215/t to €235/t depending on the county and the region.
The ration contains, mainly, a barley and maize mix.
The product is being offered, mainly, in the counties worst affected by the wet summer and those that are experiencing a fodder shortage.
Meanwhile, weanling rations are ranging from €250/t to €275/t for bulk deliveries with bags of weanling rations making as much as €300/t.
Overall, merchants and co-ops are reporting a surge in feed sales with one merchant telling the Irish Farmers Journal that sales have increased by as much as 20% on the same time last year.
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