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  • Beef at CAFRE

    Topics:
    • Livestock Farming, 
    • Beef farming

    This section of the beef farming website provides information on what beef related activity is happening at Greenmount Campus, CAFRE.

    Cattle at Greenmount

    Abbey Farm - description

    • 89 hectare (220 acres) lowland suckler and beef finishing farm
    • LEAF accredited
    • medium and heavy loam soils
    • 50 cow suckler herd
    • 200 cattle finished per year
    • breeding heifers reared for the Greenmount Hill Farm
    • stocking rate 1.8 CE/Ha
    • organic nitrogen loading 144kg/ha
    • focus on nutrient management planning

    A Red Meat Industry Task Force (RMITF) / CAFRE project:
    - to demonstrate best practice in red meat production from grass

    Maximising Production from Forage:

    • grass budgeting
    • clover swards
    • mixed grazing systems
    • nutrient management planning

    Improving Labour Efficiency Through Easy Care Systems:

    • genetic selection
    • improving fertility
    • electronic identification (EID)

    Uplands Project

    Student responsibilities

    Students are responsible for managing a large enterprise of 100 suckler cows and 1000 breeding ewes. To do this effectively they must work closely with each other, the Farm Manager on the Hill Farm and the Farm Staff. Generally students in their first year of study concentrate more on the practical aspects of the option, while students in their second year are expected to undertake more of a management and supervisory role. Students who choose to study the UPLANDS option are expected to:

    • undertake routine practical work including week-end duty throughout the academic year and 24 hour cover at peak lambing/calving periods where possible
    • in practice first year students carry out practical duties one afternoon per week, approximately one weekend in five and provide 24 hour cover for seven days at lambing time
    • maintain physical and financial records analyse and summarise physical and financial performance for management purposes
    • justify all management proposals to the advisory board using appropriate factual evidence.

    Related content

    • Am I eligible for BCR?
    • BCR Payments
    • Beef and sheep management notes
    • Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme
    • Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme Retention Period Examples
    • Beef Carcase Classification
    • Beef farming - breeding
    • Beef farming - business
    • Beef farming news
    • Beef farming nutrition
    • Beef farming technology projects
    • Beef management
    • Beef Sustainability Package
    • Checks that we will carry out if you opt-in for BCR
    • DAERA AfIB Meat Inspectorate contacts
    • Deadweight price reporting
    • How do I opt-in for BCR?
    • What is the Beef Carbon Reduction (BCR) Scheme
    • What to do if you are not happy with our decisions?
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