Barry O'Hagan - Organic Sheep Farmer

Cathal McCauley, Teagasc Organic Advisor caught up with Barry O'Hagan, organic sheep farmer from Co. Leitrim to get an insight into his farm and farming system.
Barry O’Hagan is farming 56 Ha of heavy clay and peat soils including some commonage in North Leitrim. He runs approx. 158 ewes which are predominantly Lanark Blackface Horned sheep. The ewe lambs have been typically sold as breeding ewe lambs through a producer group and ram lambs have been finished on farm. The ewes are fed for 6-8 weeks pre lambing depending on the scanning rate.
Barry entered organics on the 1st of January 2023 and is currently in conversion.