Tomás O’Leary - Sheep Award
Name: Tomás O’Leary
Enterprise: Sheep Farmer
From: Headford, Co. Kerry
Farm Size: 45Ha
2017
Annual Tonnage: Avg 14.2T Grass DM/Ha
- Grazings: 7.5T Grazings/Paddock/Year
Stocking Rate: 2.6LU/Ha
Output Kg/Ha: 921Kg/Ha (Liveweight Sold)
Tomás is the 2018 Sheep Grassland Farmer of the Year. He is heavily involved with the Ring of Kerry Quality Lamb which is a local group of sheep farmers who came together in 2009 to market their lamb directly to the consumer. Tomás runs a 300 ewe mid-season lambing flock and brings all lambs except replacements through to slaughter. He has excellent grazing infrastructure and system of grazing.