Season 2: Feeding over 200 beef cattle and building a shed

Organic Matters
20/05/2023 26 min
Season 2: Feeding over 200 beef cattle and building a shed

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Organic Matters speaks to Chris McCaffrey, an organic beef farmer from Co Donegal. Chris talks about building a very large shed to cater for the cattle on the farm. He also discusses managing a herd of over 200 cattle including feed inputs, such as combi crop silage.

A video of Chris discussing his shed is also available on the IOA social media pages.

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