WaterMARKE Project

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Farm Viability Case Studies, Farm Viability News

Water – Mitigating Agricultural impacts through Research and Knowledge Exchange Context The WaterMARKE project was initiated in response to the need for the intensification of agriculture to be sustainable, dealing specifically with the issue of water quality....

A Farm with a Future

by | May 24, 2019 | Farm Viability Case Studies

Kilbeggan Organic Foods is a successful family business run by Pat Lalor from his farm in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath. The Lalors have always grown cereal on Ballard Farm as part of a balanced and sustainable crop rotation. In times gone by their aim was to grow cereals...
Kilbeggan Organic Foods

Kilbeggan Organic Foods

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Farm Viability Case Studies

Organic oats have been grown at Ballard Organic Farm for several years and because the crop was of such a high standard, it was decided to develop the grain into products which could be marketed under the brand, Kilbeggan Organic Foods. Background Pat Lalor’s...
Young Trained Farmer Case Study

Young Trained Farmer Case Study

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Farm Viability Case Studies

Supporting young farmers wishing to enter the agricultural sector or improve their farm holdings, is a key priority of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 (https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/). Throughout the EU, such measures aimed at stimulating...
Glenkeen Sheep Farm

Glenkeen Sheep Farm

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Farm Viability Case Studies

The project at Glen Keen (https://glenkeenfarm.com/) was inspired some years ago by a visit by the owner Catherine, who was at the time based in the USA, to Knottsbury Farm (https://www.knotts.com/), California, USA. The seed was sown in Catherine’s mind for a farm...