BETTER Sheep Farm - Donegal |
| Farmer | David Mclaughlin |
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| Location | Greencastle, Co. Donegal |
| Farm Description | Good heather hill (81.5 ha) plus 99 ha of green land (adjusted to 47 ha); runs both hill and lowland sheep enterprises; suckler cow herd (18 cows) and followers (sold as weanlings) |
| Teagasc Adviser | John Cannon |
| Sheep Enterprise Details | |
| Ewe Flock Size |
230 Scottish Blackface ewes in hill system; 60 crossbred (Suffolk-X, Texel-X, Bluefaced Leicester-X) ewes in lowland system |
| Ram Breeds | S Blackface, Texel & Beltex |
| Flock Replacements | Homebred, 80 hill breed and 15 crossbreds |
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Crossbred flock housed in winter and lambed indoors Hill flock wintered on the hill and lambed on green land Lambing in mid march for crossbred flock and early April for hill flock |
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| Lambs reared per ewe to ram (‘08 season) |
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| Concentrate Usage | relatively high inputs for lowland system in 2008; some supplement to hill flock replacements in winter |
| Farm Plan (Hill) | Details (67KB PDF Format) |
| Farm Plan (Lowland) | Details (68KB PDF Format) |
