It's great see farmers like Mick finally getting it. There's a wealth of videos about regenerative agriculture (Regen Ag) using cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, cover crops, no-till etc. on UA-cam with techniques which can easily be applied to Irish farming to get off our apparent reliance of fertiliser (turns out it the "need" for fertiliser was merely a management problem). The other day I was in Kilkenny for the day and from when I crossed the River Nore in the town until I crossed it again several hours later spray fertiliser was continually coming down the river at speed, along with all the topsoil from the surrounding farms...loss of profits...pollution: i.imgur.com/LgY7tPc.jpeg We have the techniques and principles, they exist...we just need the will and energy now to learn and to change. More profit, more biodiversity, building better soils for next generation, building organic matter through sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, cleaner environment, higher nutrient dense meats, eggs and dairy (this has been measured in labs; you can also taste the difference). It's a no-brainer...Ireland needs to change. Farmers like Mick are leading the way.
It's great see farmers like Mick finally getting it. There's a wealth of videos about regenerative agriculture (Regen Ag) using cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, cover crops, no-till etc. on UA-cam with techniques which can easily be applied to Irish farming to get off our apparent reliance of fertiliser (turns out it the "need" for fertiliser was merely a management problem). The other day I was in Kilkenny for the day and from when I crossed the River Nore in the town until I crossed it again several hours later spray fertiliser was continually coming down the river at speed, along with all the topsoil from the surrounding farms...loss of profits...pollution: i.imgur.com/LgY7tPc.jpeg
We have the techniques and principles, they exist...we just need the will and energy now to learn and to change. More profit, more biodiversity, building better soils for next generation, building organic matter through sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, cleaner environment, higher nutrient dense meats, eggs and dairy (this has been measured in labs; you can also taste the difference). It's a no-brainer...Ireland needs to change. Farmers like Mick are leading the way.
I don’t see any fly’s on your cows, looks so peaceful.