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HGP versus non-HGP: How did the numbers stack up from the Brisbane Ekka’s 100-day grainfed classes?

Steers on feed in this year’s 100-day grainfed performance classes at JBS Beef City

RESULTS from this month’s Brisbane Show 100-day Grainfed Performance classes, judged on a combination of feedlot and chiller carcase data, have for the first time allowed for a direct comparison between HGP-implanted and non-implanted steers.

Two separate classes have always been run for 100-day grainfed steers during the Ekka – one for HGP-implanted and the other for non-implanted cattle.

The difference this year was that for the first time, through an agreement reached with software service…

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