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.