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Title: Thrive weekly roundup: winter performance check and calf arrival

Strong winter performance on the Thrive demo farm has set the farm up for a positive grazing season, while the countdown is on to calf arrival on the programme farms.

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Beef > Breeding & health
20 February 2021
Declan Marren on 20 Feb 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: winter performance check and calf arrival
Strong winter performance on the Thrive demo farm has set the farm up for a positive grazing season, while the countdown is on to calf arrival on the programme farms.
Declan Marren
Beef > Breeding & health
20 February 2021

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