Definition of cast-for-age in English:

cast-for-age

adjective

Australian, NZ

词汇	cast-for-age
释义	Definition of cast-for-age in English: cast-for-age adjective Australian, NZ (of sheep) too old for breeding and destined to be sold off or slaughtered. I purchased around 500 cast-for-age animals Example sentencesExamples It is apparent that cast-for-age sheep sold in December would have had about nine months grazing in the year immediately preceding that. The number of replacement ewes selected depends on the age distribution of the existing ewe flock and the age at which they are cast-for-age. The new growth made good feed for stock cast for age. We're looking at cast-for-age ewes. Naturally, we want to carry out a thorough trial of the Cheviot cast-for-age ewe as a mother of Southdown cross lambs. A farmer runs 1,000 merino ewes which are cast-for-age at six years. Each year, drafts of young ewes are brought into the breeding flock and bred from for several successive years and then sold as cast for age. They had available a number of cast-for-age breeding animals.
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