I am doing a project based around activities done on an average Irish farm from September to March each year.
The farm scenario is: 70 acre holding, 30 x suckler cow herd, slatted shed, barn, outhouses in-situ, farmed part-time.
What would be typical activities/jobs undertaken on an enterprise like this from September to March?
Example of what I have already are:
March: rolling of pasture land, agtiaition and spreading of slurry, hedgecutting etc.
General activities: maintenance of boundary fencing, laying of ditches, maintenance of farmbuildings and yard, setting up of strip grazing paddocks, daily foddering
Specifics are greatly appreciated particularly in terms of the maintenance of a suckler herd and any general activities.
I need to get a fairly exhaustive list reflective of the weekend farming activities of a part-time farmer, so everything is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
The farm scenario is: 70 acre holding, 30 x suckler cow herd, slatted shed, barn, outhouses in-situ, farmed part-time.
What would be typical activities/jobs undertaken on an enterprise like this from September to March?
Example of what I have already are:
March: rolling of pasture land, agtiaition and spreading of slurry, hedgecutting etc.
General activities: maintenance of boundary fencing, laying of ditches, maintenance of farmbuildings and yard, setting up of strip grazing paddocks, daily foddering
Specifics are greatly appreciated particularly in terms of the maintenance of a suckler herd and any general activities.
I need to get a fairly exhaustive list reflective of the weekend farming activities of a part-time farmer, so everything is appreciated.
Thanks in advance