About Us
We go “beyond organic.”
We are absolutely committed to the original intent of organic agriculture.
The lesson’s first learned by our prehistoric ancestors about cattle and grass are converging with our modern understanding of the natural world. At Ballyhenry, only grass-based cattle breeding is our approach to beef production. Animals that are suckler reared and grass fed their entire life are healthier and their meat is tastier and safer for you.
This method of farming is different to an intensive system. At Ballyhenry we believe that our extremely efficient old style system works hand in hand with nature and environment, and finally producing healthier and more succulent beef.
Today more than ever, the source of your food matters, after all “we are what we eat.”
Points of difference
Ballyhenry Organic/outside Angus beef “plus 18”
- Free range 100% of the year.
- No sheds, but each pasture has an attached wooded copse for shelter.
- No slurry created which mitigates the risk of run off into water courses when spread on land.
- Low stocking rate to give 3 times more grazing area per animal.
- 100% Ballyhenry grass fed, no grains or supplements given to satisfy customer.
- Bulls roam with cows so they can come into calf naturally.
- Calves are not taken away from mothers. They wean naturally when mother is due to calf the following year.
- Animals move to new pastures on average every two days during grazing season.
- Quick rotation of stock through the pastures eliminates the need of dosing because they never develop stomach parasites.
- Stock are moved from pasture to pasture through connecting gates and learning to follow which eliminates stress.
- Currently we have 132 trees per animal and growing, maximizing our climate positive environmental protocol policy.
- Deep underground spring water is provided to all pastures and drinking troughs are sealed when stock is not in the pasture, to give guaranteed pristine water always.
- No animal has been sick or received any drugs, antibiotics, or chemicals of any kind during its lifetime when sold under “plus18 protocols.
- Pastures are mature and contain a wide variety of herps weeds, wild grasses for maximum variety. Reseeding of mature pastures is not a practice.
- Ballyhenry is a closed herd and all animals are born on the farm always outside.
- The cows are 90% purebred Angus. Bulls of the finest quality are sourced and 100% pure bred Angus ensuring a premium beef product.
- 20% of the land area is given over to biodiversity shelter belts and woodland copses.
Our style of farming strives to achieve a below average mortality rate which is very important to us and to be best of breed in the industry.
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