Philip How – Cattle Enterprise Winner – Non- Suckling

Enterprise: Contract Rearing

From: Coachford, Co. Cork

Farm Size: 40 Ha

Annual Tonnage: Avg 10.3 T Grass DM/Ha

Number of Grazings: 6 Grazings/Paddock/Year

Philip is the 2019 Cattle (Non- Suckling) Grassland Farmer of the Year. This is a replacement heifer contract rearing farm. Philip measures on PastureBase Ireland every week. He has a paddock based system of grazing. Quality after grass is a priority for this farm as waned calves arrive on the farm in June. The level of grazing infrastructure is very good on this farm to facilitate animal movement, particularly in the AI season.

Grassland Performance 2020

Philip’s grassland performance will be added to this section at the key stages of the 2020 grazing season

Start of Grazing 2020 

 

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Start of 2nd rotation

Mid-season

August -building up

Start of closing off

End of grazing 2020