Logan’s farm in Drumshambo, Co Leitrim, is opening its gates on Sunday 2 February for Leitrim Macra’s first Young Farmer Development Group (YFDG) farm walk of 2020.

The farm itself is a beef enterprise, which provides cattle for live export, breeds Limousins and runs a suckler-to-weanling system.

Topics

The walk will start at 1pm, when a number of experts will join the group to discuss several topics such as genetics, live exports, suckler-to-weanling systems, AI and pedigree Limousin breeding.

Speakers confirmed to attend on the day are Arthur Bredin of Western Live Exports, John McDaniel of Progressive Genetics and Michael Oliver from the Irish Limousin Cattle Society.

The walk will finish at 3pm with refreshments provided afterwards.

Leitrim Macra extends the invitation for the public to attend what is set to be a very informative event.

Should you have any questions, you can contact Liam O'Donnell on 087-063 3441 or Ciaran Clancy on 086-074 6413. The eircode for the event is N41 HY44.

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The farm walk is open to the public and takes place this Sunday 2 February.