News Q&A: Open day at one-man, 100-cow suckler farm

Newford Farm, the 100-cow suckler-to-beef demonstration herd launched in 2015 and located in Athenry, Co Galway, will host a national open day on Wednesday, May 25.

The event, which runs from 2pm to 7pm and has farm walks starting every half hour, will give visitors a chance to see the production system in action, and to hear how the farm is dealing with the knock-on effects of a difficult spring.

The suckler enterprise has to-date attracted high levels of interest, with the first-cross Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cows bred from the dairy herd a break from the norm on Irish suckler farms.