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Pics: How one organic farm generated gross margin above €1,300/ha

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Pics: How one organic farm generated gross margin above €1,300/ha

Stuart and Jean Kingston, a husband-and-wife team, run an organic store to beef and tillage enterprise in Farnanes, Co. Cork.

Organic farming: Beef finisher sourcing 100% of feedstuffs from within the farm gate

Beef

Organic farming: Beef finisher sourcing 100% of feedstuffs from within the farm gate

Disillusioned and struggling to make a go of conventional beef finishing, Co. Monaghan farmer Mark Gillanders decided to make the switch to an organic farming system in 2008.