A feed survey carried out by the Department of Agriculture’s organic unit shows that in excess of 50,000t of feed is required this winter to satisfy the demands of livestock on holdings farming organically or in conversion. This figure is predicted to increase again in 2025, going by recent trends of livestock farmers dominating entry to the scheme. Table 1 details the breakdown in Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) participants by sector. As can be quickly seen, some 96% of participants comprise cattle or sheep enterprises as their main farming system, with the percentage of tillage farmers in the scheme diluted and reducing from 13% in spring 2022 to just 4% in 2023.