Tag: Suckler Focus

‘You cannot blame young people for not wanting to come back farming’

‘Dexters are very robust with the only vet bill often being TB testing’

Farming over 300 sucklers and 1,800 sheep across more than 5,000ha

35-cow farmer’s move from dairying to suckling: Achieving up to €13k for progeny

No late calvers, calving heifers at 2 and Charolais genetics on 40-cow farm

‘The people that will stay in suckler farming will do it for the love and not the money’

‘I do not understand how civil servants can be so hard on suckler farmers’

‘It costs the same to keep a good cow as it does to keep a bad cow’ – suckler farmer

‘There is €4.00/kg plus available for Belgian Blues‘ – 134-cow suckler farmer

26-cow pedigree breeder using Canadian and Australian genetics on Sligo farm