type: facility
datestamp: 2006-01-18
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:29:16
metadata_visibility: show
title: Greenmount Experimental Farm, DARDNI College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
subjects: 2farming
subjects: 1dairy
subjects: 5mall
subjects: 4plant
subjects: 3beef
full_text_status: none
keywords: experimental farm, beef, sheep, cereals, organic unit
abstract: Organic unit comprises 36 ha managed organically since spring 2002.  Carries self contained Aberdeen Angus suckler to beef herd, self contained Lleyn sheep flock, growing sufficient cereals to support the livestock and managed to be as sustainable as possible. 
Technology transfer work also carried out on NI organic farms. DARDNI also coud provide plots  for herbage and arable production research and for dairy cattle, beef, sheep and goats and a climate chamber.   
 
institution: Greenmount Campus, Antrim, BT41 4PU
department: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland
citation: {Facility} DARDNI: Greenmount Experimental Farm, DARDNI College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise. Facility Leader(s): Moore, Charlotte More, Greenmount Campus, Antrim, BT41 4PU. More information online at <http://www.dardni.gov.uk/frames/port01.htm <http://www.dardni.gov.uk/frames/port01.htm>>.