organic oats
I got yesterday a delivery of around 6 tonnes of organic oats which I use as an additional feeding for the dairy cows especially over the winter time.
The cows are staying the whole day inside a big shed (the fields would be too wet - and there is no gras growing now) and live on a diet of hey, silage, fodder beets (all from our own fields) and organic oats, organic dairy nuts and a bit of seaweed (all those I buy in from outside).
I was talking to the guy who delivered the oats - he is certified organic and grows vegetables and grains in big style.
He was telling me about all the problems he had this year with growing and especially selling things to supermarkets.
I was shocked, when he told me that in a good year he would need around 6 acres of field to grow the 6 tonnes of oats which he delivered for me - but that it took this year around 20 acres of land to achieve the same amount!
Maybe the future of farming in Ireland is about rice and fish :)
Posted 3 months ago
by Felix Meissner
