Improving hill flock productivity and profitability in Donegal

February 21, 2021 1:00 pm
On Wednesday last (February 17), David McLaughlin a participant in the Better Farm Sheep Programme spoke at the Teagasc Hill Sheep Conference.
David was joined by his Teagasc advisor John Cannon on the night to discuss how the farm has progressed since joining the programme in 2008.
David runs both a hill and lowland flock of ewes as well as keeping 17 autumn-calving suckler cows.
The farm is broken up into three main blocks, consisting of both hill and lowland (green) ground.
The breakdown is as follows: 
Home farm: 9.55 adjusted hectares (green land/improved hill ground);
Hill farm: 14.74 adjusted hectares (green land/improved hill) and 120ha of hill;

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