It is a progressive operation with lambs sold per ewe averaging around 1.9. Many of the ewes have more than two lambs, so extra lambs are either fostered by other ewes or reared on Lamlac ewe milk replacer. So how do they get time to run a busy sheep enterprise and a contracting business at the same time? "We actually find the sheep rearing enterprise nicely dovetails with the agri contracting business which is less busy in the spring time," says Cathal. Swan Agri offers a complete silage contracting service for local cattle, dairy and sheep farmers.

Source: Irish Independent May 19, 2019 05:03 UTC