Better sheep: Benefits of having a grazing plan in place from the autumn
The wet weather over the last couple of months has made it difficult to get lambs out to grass
Michael Forde farms alongside his father, Bernie, near Corrandulla in Co Galway, where they run a sheep and beef enterprise on a fragmented farm totalling 27 hectares of grazing ground. Last October, Michael put 175 ewes to the ram alongside a cattle enterprise.
Currently, lambing is just winding down and the Fordes are getting grazing groups established. Given the fragmented nature of the farm, some of the blocks of land are drier than others, and the wet weather conditions in recent months have meant that the grazing plan for the spring has been altered slightly, as some of the land is too wet to graze at the moment.
