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profitability of organic farming

  • 15-11-2014 11:05pm
    #1
    farm14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭


    What do people think of organic farming. What are the profits like in each enterprise? Seen lad in journal doing organic beef & was making decent money.


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  • #2
    Sam Kade
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    All farmers in the journal make a profit never have any losses and pay down debt in record time ;)


  • #3
    Feckthis
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    There is a subsidy of I think 220ha for the first 3 years and 117ha there after, of course it's profitable. Lots won't change because they can't stand the sight of a few dock or ragwort on the field.

    Glenisk are currently looking for 2000 extra cows for winter milk.


  • #4
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,718 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    farm14 wrote: »
    What do people think of organic farming. What are the profits like in each enterprise? Seen lad in journal doing organic beef & was making decent money.

    Did you see te article I posted a few days ago from the Organic Producer newsletter. It was reporting an oversupply of organic beef.
    I know little about the organic market but it's worth reading and researching further.


  • #5
    farm14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭farm14


    Feckthis wrote: »
    There is a subsidy of I think 220ha for the first 3 years and 117ha there after, of course it's profitable. Lots won't change because they can't stand the sight of a few dock or ragwort on the field.

    Glenisk are currently looking for 2000 extra cows for winter milk.

    Yeah seems to be a big demand for organic produce. Some who have joined are making good money. What bonus do glenisk pay for winter milk & what is base price?


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