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Farmer Focus: Francis Gonley in Co Sligo & his plans for lamb finishing


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BETTER Farm participant, Francis Gonley, and programme manager, Dr. Frank Campion, are on this week’s OviCast podcast to chat about Francis’ system and lamb finishing this autumn. 

Francis starts off explaining his lowland and hill system, grass growth and how the lambs have performed this season. 

He discusses his reasons for selling off the lighter lambs from both flocks as stores, while Frank discusses the level of performance of the long keep lambs and how they don’t suit every system. 

Francis details his options for selling and finishing the remaining lambs on the farm this autumn. 

Finally, Francis and Frank highlight the upcoming open day on the farm and what topics will be covered and for more information on the event, go to:
https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/national-events/events/bettersheepwalksligo.php 

For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast

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