Suckler is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Suckler meaning
- An animal that has not yet been weaned.
- Any animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
Using Suckler
- The main meaning on this page is: An animal that has not yet been weaned. | Any animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
- In the example corpus, suckler often appears in combinations such as: suckler cow, of suckler, suckler herd.
Context around Suckler
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Suckler
- In this selection, "suckler" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sustainable, murray, single, cow, herd and cows stand out and add context to how "suckler" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sustainable suckler cow industry and entry of suckler outfits sold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "suckler" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with suckler
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The suckler herd will be going up for sale next month. (11 words)
Bill Harper runs a herd of 60 suckler cows on his farm near Portrush. (14 words)
John McGuire, who runs a herd of 45 suckler cows near Ederney, said the proposals are "ludicrous". (17 words)
Calf rearing systems The single suckler system of rearing calves is similar to that occurring naturally in wild cattle, where each calf is suckled by its own mother until it is weaned at about nine months old. (37 words)
Suckler cow scheme numbers have been decreasing in Northern Ireland and we need this scheme to support a sustainable suckler cow industry, one that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (29 words)
Douglas took over the running of the Murray suckler cow farm some 24 years ago, being aided by his dad, who is still plays a part in the enterprise. (29 words)
Example sentences (10)
Suckler cow scheme numbers have been decreasing in Northern Ireland and we need this scheme to support a sustainable suckler cow industry, one that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Bill Harper runs a herd of 60 suckler cows on his farm near Portrush.
Suckler stock sold to £2800 for a Saler heifer with bull calf and Breeding Bulls sold to £2350 for a young Limousin from Crawford Brothers, Maguiresbridge.
The suckler herd will be going up for sale next month.
A large entry of suckler outfits sold to a top of £2400 for a 2016 Lim cow with heifer calf from a Lurgan farmer.
John McGuire, who runs a herd of 45 suckler cows near Ederney, said the proposals are "ludicrous".
Registered organic since 1997, the farm supported a dairy herd until 2006 when it switched to a suckler herd.
The farm has cows and sheep including a suckler herd of 70 Limousine cows, 400 Beltex/Texel ewes and 350 Herdwick and Swaledale fell ewes.
Douglas took over the running of the Murray suckler cow farm some 24 years ago, being aided by his dad, who is still plays a part in the enterprise.
Calf rearing systems The single suckler system of rearing calves is similar to that occurring naturally in wild cattle, where each calf is suckled by its own mother until it is weaned at about nine months old.
Common combinations with suckler
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- suckler cow 3×
- of suckler 3×
- suckler herd 3×
- suckler cows 2×