New profit levels reached on beef farm
Set up in 2009, the farm has been controversial due to teething problems, with difficulties for management in getting top-quality calves born alive, and a major breeding setback when an infertile bull led to a high empty rate in half of the herd. But latest figures indicate the farm is well on its way to the objective of a blueprint for high suckler farm profitability.
Current profitability is considerably higher than the average achieved on commercial farms, measured by the National Farm Survey (€141/ha) or eProfit monitor data (€391/ha).
