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Small Organic farm

  • 14-11-2016 8:04pm
    #1
    clonagh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I know I'm covering old ground(pardon the pun) with this topic but there doesn't seem to be a current discussion. Anyway... I've 30 a acre farm in Westmeath where I keep beef cattle and sheep and was wondering about going Organic. Would it be worth my while??

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Peter90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭Peter90


    Likewise have 50 acres very good land in Galway going renting from January just doing the green cert and wondering what route to go


  • #3
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,838 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Contact iofga and organic trust ...
    Are you staying with dry stock or adding other enterprises ...
    A small amount of ground will always take a lot of efficient effort to give a decent return ... ( dairy, poultry,veg ect)
    But be sure of your market...
    If you can get onto whatever organic schemes/payments are out there then great... you'll get extra income ...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #4
    clonagh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭clonagh


    Thanks MC.


  • #5
    tractorporn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭tractorporn


    Markcheese wrote:
    Contact iofga and organic trust ... Are you staying with dry stock or adding other enterprises ... A small amount of ground will always take a lot of efficient effort to give a decent return ... ( dairy, poultry,veg ect) But be sure of your market... If you can get onto whatever organic schemes/payments are out there then great... you'll get extra income ...


    As it stands there's no Organic Farming scheme open, it might open in the new new tho. The payments are decent and it could give you a but of time to get your ducks in a row. You have to do a course with teagasc to get the payment too.


  • #6
    clonagh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭clonagh


    tractorporn wrote: »
    As it stands there's no Organic Farming scheme open,

    I was in contact with iofga yesterday and they're sending out an information pack. But as stated above, there are no schemes open at the moment.


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  • #7
    tractorporn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭tractorporn


    clonagh wrote:
    I was in contact with iofga yesterday and they're sending out an information pack. But as stated above, there are no schemes open at the moment.


    Well once you've got an organic licence you're intitled to apply for 40% grant for buildings and for some machinery.


  • #8
    keryl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭keryl


    Here is the link to Teagasc converting to organic.

    https://www.teagasc.ie/rural-economy/organics/steps-to-organic-conversion/

    Would be interested if anyone here has gone organic and could give the experience.


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