creators_name: Frost, David
creators_name: McLean, Barbara M L
creators_name: Evans, D Eifion
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:25
metadata_visibility: show
title: Eight years of organic farming at Pwllpeiran – livestock production and the financial performance of organic upland
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2farming
subjects: 5mall
subjects: 3animal
subjects: 3beef
subjects: 2farmecon
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR;  upland farming; beef; sheep; ESA; livestock production; financial performance; evaluation
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Established for 8 years, this project evaluates the practicalities of organic beef and sheep production on an upland farm in an ESA. Grassland productivity, stocking rates and animal performance are closely related to seasonal variations in the clover content of the small area of improved land. Improving sales have been offset by increasing input costs. Subsidy payments assist financial performance, but ESA prescriptions effectively prevent increased production.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 259-262
refereed: never
referencetext: no references
citation: Frost, David; McLean, Barbara M L and Evans, D Eifion (2002) Eight years of organic farming at Pwllpeiran – livestock production and the financial performance of organic upland. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 259-262.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8419/1/frost_organic_farming_Pwllpeiran.pdf