Students develop cattle breeding policy at Greenmount Hill Farm.(Farming Life) From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: July 27, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Century Newspapers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: DAVID WRIGHT

A CHANGE of policy at Greenmount Hill Farm has meant that, from 2003 onwards, students will no longer be able to source replacement heifers for the 100-cow suckler herd from outside the college.

This has forced the students into reassessing the whole cattle breeding policy at the Hill Farm.

The following outlines changes made over the past few months and recommendations put forward by the students to the BEEF Advisory Board, co...