Clonakilty Beef

We are hosting a "Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser" for our children's school at home on the farm. It will be a great day out with loads to do. The price is all inclusive with tea, coffee, sweet treats, treasure hunt, photo booth, facepainting, and of course, your pumkin to take home and carve. You'll also have chance to meet some of the animals on the farm, ponies, chickens and cattle and the little and not so little farmers in your life can have a look at some of vintage and new machinery on the farm. Tickets can be booked on eventbrite. The link is
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pumpkin-patch-kilgarriffe-school-fundraiser-tickets-1039074879937?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&ut

What a thrill to see our beef cooked by . Looks fantastic.

Delighted to supply our 28 day aged beef to for his supper club . A huge honour to have our beef on this menu with the best of West Cork food. One of the guests sent me a pic and he seemed very 😁. You can buy this same beef on our website www.clonakiltybeef.ie.

What a Day to be a farmer, Sun+Grass+Clover=Happy cattle.
Full range of beef boxed available on our website. Link in Bio.

It looks great doesn't it! The good news is, it's for sale. We currently have halves and quarter animals for sale.

Advantages:

Choice,
You decide how it's butchered (with our help) The mix of Steaks, roasts, burgers mince, diced. Sizes of cuts etc is all up to you.

Cost,
Because we have less handling, packaging and storage we can give you a better price
Quarters €14/kg
Halves €13.50/kg

Convenience,
With everybody back in school life gets busy, this way you always have delicous meat in your freezer.

We are also taking bookings for our standard boxes. If freezer space is an issue they are a great option, meaning you can still have our delicous beef. If you would like to reserve one please get in touch.

Standard boxes

4kg Steak and Burger box €90
1 x Sirloin Steak
2 x rib-eye steak
2x T-Bone Steak
8 x 160g Burgers

7.5kg Wonder Box €85
7 x 450g Mince
4 x 450g Steak strips
2 x 450g Diced Beef
12 x 160g Burgers (Gluten Free)

5.5kg Rib and Brisket Box €50
1 x B***d rolled brisket (2 kg)
3 x packs short ribs

6kg Roaster Box €85
1 x b***d and rolled Brisket 2 kg
1 Rib Roast (2kg)
3 x packs Shin beef

1.8kg Steak Special €55
1 x sirloin Steak
2 x Fillet Steak
3 x striploin Steak

Typical half animal 80kg

6 Sirloin Steaks
12 striploin Steaks
8 Fillet Steaks
5 T-bone Steaks
5 Rib eye steaks
3 Rolled Brisket
2 Rib roasts
3 packs Short Ribs
6 Packs Shin Beef
12 x 450g Diced Beef
35 x 450g Mince
20 x 450g Steak strips
80 160g Burgers

If you would like any further information on anything please give me a call on 087-7553570 or send me a DM.

Grazing with a difference. This time if year the chicory in our mixed species grazing naturally wants to flower especially if it has a longer rest period between grazings. We're really happy with this way of grazing cattle and have put in more of it this year. It let's us cut our fertiliser use and research is showing more productive cattle with a more diverse diet.

Harvest time, in between the showers. It hasnt been easy but we are getting there now. Grain and straw for winter feed, it's always a great feeling to see it in the shed. Quality feed for quality beef. # harvesttime

Most common question this week ......
Q: What do you have growing beside the lane? A: It's a mix of peas and wheat.

The peas are just starting to flower and they're looking lovely. After a slowish start with wet and cold weather they are loving the sunshine and look to be doing a great job feeding the wheat. The wheat ear is still deep down inside the plant but will emerge over the next 3 weeks. This is all a bit of an experiment the goal will be.

Quality of feed -we want to produce. A balanced feed with the wheat to supply eenergy and the peas supplying protein.

Reduced inputs - the peas are fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere so less Fertiliser is needed for this crop and the next. We are doing a bit of a trial with reduced fungicides, the crop has git no insecticide.

Benefit to pollinators - A glowering crop like this bring more food for pollinators and more diversity into the environment.

Hopefully it all works out, it's looking good today anyway.

BREAKING NEWS,

Full and half sides available to order now, for collection in 3 weeks.

Have unbelieveable beef for your summer BBQs. Succulent steak, delicous burgers, tender roasts.

1. The convenience of having fantastic beef on hand in your freezer.

2.You decide exactly what you want and how you want it butchered.

3. Beef with difference, flavour, quality, sustainability.

DM for more info or call on 087'7553570.

Today's job, fencing off grassland strips beside a stream and a small river on the farm, these will be let grow during the summer and will provide a high value habitat for wildlife and act as a very effective buffer to filter surface water.
This is part of the ACRES programme run by the Department of Agriculture, yes we are being paid to do this, but so we should be, this work doesn't happen for free and these areas are out of production for 5 years as part of the programme.
Farmers can and will do more for the environment, but we need to earn a living while doing it. That can be premium prices for higher standards or payment for additional work. If change is needed we need more well funded programmes that farmers can believe in.

Lucky Customer!!

Packing boxes for collection this morning

Delicious Angus Beef✅️
Dry aged ✅️
Local✅️
Low carbon footprint beef✅️
A photo of yours truely ✅️

What more could you ask for? 🤣

I dont know if there is a more satisfying sight in farming. It is my favourite time of year, fresh beginnings with new growth everywhere. Crops are late being sown this year because of the very very wet spring but now that they're in we need them to make up for lost time and push on .... so no more cold wet weather please! 🙏

Monday was as cold a morning as I remember, the frost was something else and with the help of a blowtorch the yard still had running water, our house less so. So yes the moral of the story is we take better care of the animals than ourselves!😂

Fun Frosty Morning Fact.

Cattle eat more when the weather is cold! There's a fact you didn't think you needed to know. All is well on the farm, we still have running water and the yard isn't too slippy, so far so good I will put up a post later going through our new boxes and what great Christmas presents they are. If you just can't wait head on over to our website to have a look ( link in bio)

Delighted to be back at Bandon Grammar School for the launch of their cookbook, and also the launch of our new boxes, smaller in size but the same great flavour and still the same great price/kg. Great to meet so many people tonight and tell our story.

New arrival here over the summer. From a farming point of view .... not very useful, but he seems to be making some people very happy!