Crowds flock to Shinagh Farm

WINTRY showers did not deter the huge attendance turning up for the first Open Day at the Shinagh Dairy Farm, north of Bandon, Co Cork, last Thursday.

This farm of over 300 acres, which is owned by the four West Cork Co-ops, was in beef production up to last year, but with the support of Teagasc, and Ulster Bank, it is now being operated as a demonstration Dairy Farm on a Greenfield Programme.

Gerard McMahon CEO Cork/West, said this project was set-up to help farmers maximise production and minimise costs, notably via greater utilisation of grass.