A FARM in Roslea will go on full display next week when members of the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs take a trip to the Fermanagh farm to find out about sustainable agriculture.
ON Wednesday, July 3, students at the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs will head to William Egerton’s farm in Roslea, as part of a series of college walks taking place across the North.
“CAFRE beef and sheep advisers are hosting a series of farm walks under the theme of ‘Profit from Pasture – Striving for Sustainability’ highlighting best practice on beef and sheep farms,” they said.
“Four events will be held on Suckler beef farms and four events will be held on Sheep farms.
“During the farm walks the host farmers along with CAFRE Beef and Sheep Advisers will be demonstrating a range of grassland management and livestock technologies that are in place.
“[They’ll be demonstrating] their importance within profitable and sustainable beef and lamb production systems,” added a College of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs spokesperson.
The Roslea farmers are no strangers to publicity, with their farm recently taking centre stage on one of UTV’s leading agriculture shows.
The Egerton family, who have a suckler beef herd of 90 cattle and a flock of 250 ewes, kicked off the new series of ‘Rare Breed’, to the interest of local agriculture enthusiasts.
Mr Ergton, and his father John, were special guests on a leading podcast recently, with shared the views and thoughts on what the rural farming industry is like in Fermanagh and in the North.
Speaking on the GrassCheck podcast, the father-and-son explained the unprecedented and unrelenting weather conditions is proving very difficult for rural farmers.
“The farmers discussed their strategies for managing what has been an exceptionally challenging spring,” said a GrassCheck podcast spokesperson.
“This includes taking first cut silage in several batches depending on when the fields were fit to receive slurry and fertiliser and the strategic use of zero grazing, and big baling grazing ground which had got beyond grazing height.
“The podcast also discussed opportunities to establish clover swards either by stitching in or by doing a full reseed.”
The tour of Mr Egerton’s farm in Roslea takes place on Wednesday, July 3, at 7.30pm.
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