Dr Tim Keady is on this week’s OviCast podcast to discuss some key aspects of finishing lambs in the latter half of the season. 

Tim gives some context on the numbers finished in the latter half of the season and the levels of performance achieved at grass in late autumn along with the impact of concentrate supplementation. 

He also discusses indoor finishing systems and some of the key considerations from expected finish date to facilities available. 

With high concentrate prices, producers will be looking at some alternatives diets and Tim explains the impact of forage inclusion in the finishing diet by comparison to ad-lib concentrate finishing systems in terms of growth rate, carcass gain and kill-out %. 

He explains the margin over feed in these systems and the impact increased carcass or concentrate prices has on profit. 

Finally, Tim discuss the impact of shearing at housing and other management practices has on the productivity of these indoor finishing systems. 

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