BETTER Sheep Farm - Roscommon |
| Farmer | John Curley |
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| Location | Four Roads, Co. Roscommon |
| Farm Description | 34.5 ha of typical limestone grassland with self-contained sheep flock and a suckler enterprise based on 18 cows and followers which are sold as yearling stores |
| Teagasc Adviser | Eamon Egan |
| Sheep Enterprise Details | |
| Ewe Flock Size | 180 crossbred ewes (Belclare-X, Texel-X, Suffolk-X, Cheviot-X) |
| Ram Breeds | Texel, Suffolk, Belclare, Charollais |
| Flock Replacements | Homebred, 57 (Belclare-X and Texel-X) |
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Earliest lambing ewes (50% of flock) housed for winter and remainder
are extensively grazed until the point of lambing. All ewes are lambed indoors. Ewe lambs are put to the ram for 1 week. Lambing starts in mid February |
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| Lambs reared per ewe to ram (‘08 season) |
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| Stocking Rate | 10 ewes per hectare |
| Concentrate Usage | high |
| Farm Plan | Details (70KB PDF Format) |
