Lee McNicholl said custom feeding cattle from 250 kilograms is profitable

Helen Walker
Updated July 31 2019 - 4:06pm, first published 1:30pm
Helping out: Lee and Megan McNicholl with their grandsons Rex and Rafael Williams who were visiting from Hong Kong and lent a hand shovelling out cotton seed. Pictures: Helen Walker
Helping out: Lee and Megan McNicholl with their grandsons Rex and Rafael Williams who were visiting from Hong Kong and lent a hand shovelling out cotton seed. Pictures: Helen Walker

When commercial beef producers the McNicholl family claimed the first place in the RNA Paddock to Palate for the best average daily weight gain of 2.951 kilograms/day for a pen of six steers feed over 70 days of the competition it really didn't surprise anyone.

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Toowoomba-based Journalist

Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better than covering anything horse sport related, however she covers all commodities and personality yarns. Over the years she has lived in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Longreach and Roma filing stories for the 'bible of the bush'. Contact 0459 827414.

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