In this week’s instalment of our Way Out West suckler management series, we travel to The Burren in Co Clare to meet Tiernan McCormack.
Farm facts
Tiernan McCormack is 26 years old and is farming full-time.The farm is located in The Burren, Co Clare.He runs a herd of 25 cows and operates a suckler-to-weanling system.
This week's Way Out West feature comes from The Burren in Co Clare.
The herd is spring-calving and calves up in the winterage of the Burren.Cows spend from October to April in the winterage and from April to October down on summer grazing ground.His ideal cow type is a Shorthorn-cross-Blonde d’Aquitaine cow, crossed back to a Charolais or Limousin bull.Read the full story inside this week’s Irish Farmers Journal and watch the video below.
In this week’s instalment of our Way Out West suckler management series, we travel to The Burren in Co Clare to meet Tiernan McCormack.
Farm facts
Tiernan McCormack is 26 years old and is farming full-time.The farm is located in The Burren, Co Clare.He runs a herd of 25 cows and operates a suckler-to-weanling system.
This week's Way Out West feature comes from The Burren in Co Clare.
The herd is spring-calving and calves up in the winterage of the Burren.Cows spend from October to April in the winterage and from April to October down on summer grazing ground.His ideal cow type is a Shorthorn-cross-Blonde d’Aquitaine cow, crossed back to a Charolais or Limousin bull.Read the full story inside this week’s Irish Farmers Journal and watch the video below.
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