Diversifying the farm business

19/12/2024 20 min Episodio 252
Diversifying the farm business

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Kilkenny sheep farmer, Brian Nicholson, joins this week’s OviCast to talk about the changes to his farm system in recent years.  Brian describes how he has converted part of his farm over to an organic system, we discuss the sheep, beef and tillage systems and their integration and how he has adapted his farm to suit.  We finish up discussing how he is incorporating agro-forestry into his farming system.   The Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards video of Brian Nicholson’s farm:https://youtu.be/jXgk4ZnJxxo For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast