Farmer Focus: Drafting, breeding ewe lambs and grassland management in Co. Roscommon

<p>Shane Moore, BETTER Farm Participant who is farming just outside Athleague in county Roscommon, joins Ciarán Lynch on this week’s OviCast to talk about lamb performance and drafting. </p><p> </p><p>With the breeding season around the corner, he discusses breeding ewe lambs and how this year’s cohort are shaping up. </p><p> </p><p>Shane also discusses grassland management, overall production this year and how he has made some changes to his management from using protected urea to using a dribble bar for slurry to establishing clover based swards in response to increased input costs. </p><p> </p><p>Shane then explains the autumn grazing plan on the farm and finishes up highlighting the upcoming open day on the 6th of October at 6:30pm.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the farm walk can be found here: </p><p><a href="https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/national-events/events/gfoty-shanemoore.php">https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/national-events/events/gfoty-shanemoore.php</a></p><p> </p><p>Podcast Survey</p><p>In order to understand the aspects of podcasts which are most appealing and beneficial to you the listener, it would be appreciated if you could take 3-4 minutes to complete the following survey to give your feedback:  </p><p><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/mDZTE9zPy4">https://forms.office.com/r/mDZTE9zPy4</a></p><p> </p><p>For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:<br><a href="https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast">https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast</a></p>