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Future Beef Farmer, Kay O’Sullivan’s conversion to organic
Manage episode 494755651 series 2887465
Future Beef Farmer, Kay O’Sullivan from county Cork, is on this weeks’ Beef Edge podcast to discuss her organic beef finishing system, current management on the farm and the upcoming national beef walk taking place on her farm.
Kay explains her conversion to organics, current grass/clover and multi-species management as well as her herd health plan.
The Future Beef farm walk will take place on Friday, 25th July at 6pm on Kay O’Sullivan’s farm at Mourneabbey, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 Y62D.
Topics to be discussed include:
· Financials
· Breeding strategy and animal performance
· Animal health strategies in an organic farming system
· Using multispecies swards to improve performance and biodiversity
· The role of red & white clover in an organic system
· Composting of FYM demo
Plus there will be stands on biodiversity, forestry, breeding and more.
Watch this short promo video to find out more:
https://teagasc.ie/event/futurebeef-kay-osullivan-php
For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge
Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com
298 episodes
Manage episode 494755651 series 2887465
Future Beef Farmer, Kay O’Sullivan from county Cork, is on this weeks’ Beef Edge podcast to discuss her organic beef finishing system, current management on the farm and the upcoming national beef walk taking place on her farm.
Kay explains her conversion to organics, current grass/clover and multi-species management as well as her herd health plan.
The Future Beef farm walk will take place on Friday, 25th July at 6pm on Kay O’Sullivan’s farm at Mourneabbey, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 Y62D.
Topics to be discussed include:
· Financials
· Breeding strategy and animal performance
· Animal health strategies in an organic farming system
· Using multispecies swards to improve performance and biodiversity
· The role of red & white clover in an organic system
· Composting of FYM demo
Plus there will be stands on biodiversity, forestry, breeding and more.
Watch this short promo video to find out more:
https://teagasc.ie/event/futurebeef-kay-osullivan-php
For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge
Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com
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