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The beef cattle are fed locally produced grains and crops.
The farm is located in Ritsona, a mountainous territory.
all feed ad-lib. All of these ingredients for the animals’ feed is grown, harvested and collected from cultivations near our territory. Food consumption varies and is dependent on their live weight. We prefer male Belgian Blue calves as the daily live weight gain is more than 1.6kg per head and the yield from the carcase is normally over 60%. On this farm the fat- tening period is around ten months and within 300 days the animals’ live weight is more than 550kg. This is the ideal weight for us and is the weight that we remove them from the farm. The carcasses kill out at around 350kg and are sold wholesale or retail in our outlets,” she said.
Budget over quality According to the most recent data in July 2019 from Minagric, the Greek Ministry of Agriculture, beef prices at the farm gate
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vary from € 4 – € 4.10 per kilogramme deadweight. For young bulls prices can vary up to € 4.69 per kilogramme, and can go higher for organic beef meat and for beef meat from indige- nous animal breeds. However, there are a few challenges for Kylertzi regarding cheaper meat imports and the lack of EU funds to help her business expand. Kylertzi: “The number of beef farms in Greece is reducing as the price of imported beef is more competitive. There are no EU funds for businesses that registered after 1990 like ours. The amount of EU com- munity funds is pivotal for our case. Due to the fiscal crisis that Greece has been struggling with the past decade con- sumers prioritise their budget over quality and this is the big- gest challenge for our business. “We are doing our best to keep up with new technology but due to the aforementioned reasons we have to be very selective on the matter.”
▶ ALL ABOUT FEED | Volume 27, No. 9, 2019
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