Lisnamuck Holsteins hosts NMR open day
The annual National Milk Records (NMR) open day is due to take place on Wednesday 5 August on the farm of Pat, Sean and Kevin Fullerton, Lisnamuck Holsteins, 42 Lisnamuck Road, Tobermore, BT46 5LD.
Tours of the farm start at 10am, with the last one off at 12.30pm.
Talks on the tour will cover herd management and feeding, calf health, genomics and the benefits and costs of zero grazing.
The Fullerton herd has expanded from 140 to 240 cows over the past four years, with high-yielding cows milked through a robot. Milk is sold to Green Pastures in Donegal.
If you are attending, please register by contacting Ivor Hyndman on ivorh@nmr.co.uk or 07825 177348 or contact your local McLarnon Feeds representative.
Planning process for pig unit
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council are beginning a fresh round of consultations on a proposed pig breeding unit near Limavady.
The original plans for the unit off Moys Road were submitted at the end of last year, but the planning department determined that the proposal could have a significant environmental effect.
An environmental statement was then submitted within six months by the applicant, so that the process could continue.
The farmer, Thomas John Simpson, is proposing to build a 2,247-sow unit on an 8.5ac site. He is working in conjunction with nine other farmers, who will be supplied with pigs from the unit at 30kg liveweight for growing and fattening. The finished pigs will be supplied to Karro Food Group in Cookstown.
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