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March 14, 2021, 6:00 am
When you walk into the suckler housing belonging to Brian Brady from Co. Cavan, there are no signs of your typical commercial Limousin, Simmental or Charolais cow.
Instead, the shed houses good traditionally-bred Angus cross cows with a mixture of Shorthorn breeding.
Farming over 60ac on the outskirts of Kilcogy,
AgriLand recently spoke with Brian about the management of his 25-cow suckler herd and his approach to breeding on the farm.
Overview of the farm
Suckler cows were always one of the main enterprises on the farm, with Brian taking over from his uncle back in 1984. Currently there is both a suckler-to-weanling/store and suckler-to-beef enterprise in operation on the farm.