114 acres ideal for beef

THERE’S 60 acres of miscanthus (elephant grass) growing on this 114-acre farm at Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, and this energy crop is due to be harvested next March.

Meantime, the property is to be sold by private treaty through auctioneer Michael Liston, who is himself a miscanthus grower. More than 3,000 tonnes of miscanthus is in storage at Adare, Co Limerick, on behalf of JHM Crops, who have contracted local farmers to grow the crop at a guaranteed price of €60 per tonne.

Growing as high as 12 feet, the crop does well in Ireland, and doesn’t require top-class arable soil.