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Some weeks ago, we spent time with new Louth BETTER farmer Martin O’Hare, who will feature on the main BETTER farm page in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal. While last Thursday’s profiled farmer Padraig O’Connor’s immediate focus was on designing and implementing a fertiliser plan, Martin’s is slightly different.
Today we paid a visit to new BETTER farmer Martin O'Hare from Louth. pic.twitter.com/r3DCrLbhvk
— FJ Beef (@FJBeef) March 6, 2017
He has put more of his tillage land into grass recently and is looking at cheap paddocking options. The team devised a cost-effective way for him to split up the main silage field on his home block, without inconveniencing the silage-making process. Read about how he did it in Thursday’s Irish Farmers Journal.
Next week's BETTER page outlines how Martin O'Hare (Dundalk) paddocked a large silage field on the cheap #grasstobeef pic.twitter.com/72HDWvPEq6
— FJ Beef (@FJBeef) March 31, 2017
Rather frustratingly, Martin is terminal-heavy when it comes to bulling heifers for his spring-calving herd this year. As a result, he is on the market for a more maternal-type of heifer, with some buying completed in recent days.
The team discusses this too in the podcast below:
Listen to “BETTER Farm Programme on Martin O'Hare's farm” on Spreaker.
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