Best cattle farmers earn double the average income

BEEF farmers using the latest technology and the best financial management strategies are making double the national average cattle farm income.

How the best farmers do it was outlined by Bernard Smyth, Chief Beef Adviser with Teagasc at a nationwide series of advice meetings with beef farmers.

He said farmers in Teagasc’s intensive beef advisory programme averaged €517 per hectare (€207 per acre) last year.