Jim Woulfe on making the leap from hobby to high-performance beef farming in Mallow

The Woulfe farm enterprise has crossed the bridge from being a hobby farm to being a high-performing, scientifically managed enterprise where attention to detail is “second to none”.

Jim Woulfe. Picture: Gerard McCarthy Photography

Aubrac “fulfils the criteria” Jim Woulfe set out to achieve when he began establishing his pedigree Ballyclough Herd alongside his wife, Ann.

Establishing a small beef herd in “a hobby farming” style was always on Jim’s bucket list, but the opportunity could only be realised when he retired from his career in industry.