Northern Ireland Sheep Programme – Developing A Sustainable System

Thursday 3rd March, 8:00pm

Northern Ireland Sheep Programme is a joint collaboration between CAFRE, Dunbia and the Irish Farmers Journal. Northern Ireland Sheep Programme (NISP) are hosting an event on Thursday 3rd March, 8:00pm. This event will focus on developing a sustainable system on Tynan Abbey Farm. The farm, run by Kate Kingan and Peter Mant, is striving to develop a production system that best utilises the farms resources and labour availability and delivers a worthwhile margin.

The topics to be covered during this event will include:

• Farm plan and future direction
• Lambing 2022 including discussion on outdoor lambing
• Health planning 

Chair:

• Francis Breen: Head of Project Delivery Branch, CAFRE

Panel:

• Senan White: Beef and Sheep Adviser, CAFRE
• Kate Kingan and Peter Mant: Tynan Abbey Farm, NI Sheep Programme Participant Farmer
• Darren Carty: Livestock Specialist, Irish Farmers Journal
• Ruud Leten: Armadale Veterinary Group – Farm Veterinary Surgeon

If you have any specific questions you would like to raise, you are welcome to send these in advance by emailing them to senan.white@daera-ni.gov.uk.These can then be answered by the panel during the event.

Registration is now open

Please note: You can join the event from 7.45pm, it will start promptly at 8.00pm. It is advisable to download the WebEx application in advance.