![]() Will King is also part of Wix Farms, a co-operative farming arrangement with two neighbouring arable farmers.162ha at Old Oaks Farm, including 121ha of arable.Will King farms in partnership with parents, Brian and Judy (WL King & Son).With Arla among a growing number of milk processors moving to stop the slaughter of dairy bull calves under eight weeks old, Mr King’s model could prove useful to dairy farmers looking for an outlet for calves. “We’re feeding them waste products – while still providing a quality diet – and homegrown feed such as potatoes and homegrown fodder beet this year. “I’m buying a low-cost animal that no one has tried to get a profit from before me,” explains Mr King. See also: Target daily liveweight gains to cut beef finishing times Buying “waste” dairy bull calves and finishing them on low-cost feed and crop waste is helping to keep feed costs low while improving arable ground.Įach year, Will King buys 1,000 dairy bull calves and dairy cross beef calves from the three main commercial dairy herds in Essex.Īfter rearing, they move on to a low-cost ration that uses unsaleable crops from the arable business and bought-in feed waste.
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