“Soil & Suckler Fertility” is the theme for a Beef Farm Walk being organised jointly by AgriSearch, AFBI and CAFRE on the farm of Thomas Moorehead, at Broughshane on Wednesday 7th May at 2.00pm.
As the name suggests the two main topics for the event revolve around fertility of both stock and soil. AFBI will discuss the benefits of calving heifers down at 24 months, as well as the results of a pilot study on suckler heifer synchronisation conducted in partnership with Genus, Zoetis and AI Services. The use of EBV’s and BovIS to improve your herd’s genetics will also be illustrated.
CAFRE will outline the importance of good soil fertility and grassland management and the simple steps which farmers can take to make improvements in this area. They will also discuss the use of benchmarking to monitor your farm’s financial performance and to identify areas were improvements can be made.
(Source – Farming Life – 23/04/2014)
A group of MED Members had a very interesting visit to Thomas Moorehead’s farm in 2012
Thomas Moorhead