{"id":1338615,"date":"2024-06-28T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1338615"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:25:49","slug":"cafre-to-host-farm-walk-on-co-tyrone-suckler-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/cafre-to-host-farm-walk-on-co-tyrone-suckler-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFRE to host farm walk on Co. Tyrone suckler enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to host a farm walk just outside Caledon, Co. Tyrone, on David and Joanne Wright’s suckler farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will take place from 7:30p.m on Wednesday, July 3<\/strong>, with CAFRE advisers on hand to discuss the technologies and targets of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Caledon farm walk is one of a series of CAFRE<\/a> farm walks under the theme of ‘Profit from Pasture \u2013 Striving for Sustainability’, highlighting best practice on beef and sheep farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walks aim to highlight and showcase good grazing management, cow fertility and cattle performance to help maximise farm margins and reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wrights work with a herd of 50 Sim X Lim cows with all the progeny being finished at 24 months or less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAFRE said the couple’s impressive calving index of 369 days reinforces the focus on good cow fertility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“An efficient paddock grazing system is in place with an emphasis placed on achieving maximum animal growth from grass and silage with minimum meal consumption,” CAFRE said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“David is a firm advocate of calving heifers down at two years old and breeding his own replacements.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAFRE beef<\/a> and sheep adviser, Brian Hanthorn, said the event will be a great opportunity to see a “very efficient suckler system”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farm walks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The remaining beef farm walks will take place on sites in Co. Tyrone and Co. Down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver McKenna will welcome visitors to his farm at 12 Tulnafoile Road, Eskra,\u00a0Omagh, Co. Tyrone on Friday, July 5, from 7:30p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, July 19, Michael Griffith will host a CAFRE farm walk at Saintfield House Est, 71 Old Belfast Road,\u00a0Ballynahinch, Co. Down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sheep farm walk will take place at William Egerton’s farm at 64 Dernavilt Road, Mullaghlass,\u00a0Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh, on Wednesday, July 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, July 8, Clement Lynch will host a CAFRE sheep farm walk at 42 Tireighter Road, Co. Derry, and on Wednesday, July 10, Paraic McNeill will host at 20 Millvale Road, Annaclone,\u00a0Banbridge, Co. Down.<\/p>\n\n\n