Converting from conventional suckler to organic dairy farming

Organic Matters
23/07/2022 19 min
Converting from conventional suckler to organic dairy farming

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This week, Organic Matters, meets dairy farmer Tom Phelan in Co Laois. Tom and his son Alan took the plunge from conventional suckler and sheep farming to organic dairy farming a number of years ago. Tom says he 'would never go back' to sucklers and explains the farm set-up, including supplying winter milk to Glenisk.

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