NEWS RELEASE
25 February 2014
SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE ON RARE BREED
It’s harvest time on Rare Breed – A Farming Year this Monday 3 March at 8pm
and the series continues to grow from strength to strength with more than 250,000
each week.
It is also calving time at James Alexander’s Toomebridge beef farm however,
there is a problem with a delivery and the vet is called in to perform an emergency
caesarean.
The recent heat wave means the Herrons near Comber are able to cut their Pointed
Cabbage crop early. However, the warm weather has greatly increased the number
of aphids meaning the brussels sprouts must be sprayed. In Limavady Richard
Kane is now beginning to harvest his rapeseed crop.
At Kenny Watters free-range broiler farm in County Tyrone the birds are eight
weeks old and are almost ready for the supermarket shelves. Across in County
Armagh the Savage family’s pedigree herd is being judged in the annual Northern
Ireland Limousin Competition.
In Co Fermanagh this August dry spell is the ideal chance for the Wilson family to
carry out much needed drainage work in some of their wettest fields. Reclaiming this
land is vital for their ever-expanding herd of pedigree Herefords.
Elsewhere in County Antrim and the Bell family are hosting a workshop for young
shearers. In Moira it is weaning time at John Tate’s pig farm. Meanwhile, near
Omagh and Drew McConnell is already preparing for next year’s silage crop by
reseeding his fields.
This series of Rare Breed - A Farming Year has been out in all weathers and on
every type of farm to bring viewers the very best of Ulster’s farms and farming
families. Viewers can follow all the action online by tweeting along with ‘@utv’ during
the show using the hashtag #rarebreed.
The series is produced for UTV by local independent production company Crawford
McCann. Sponsored by Irwin’s Bakery and shot in High Definition, Rare Breed – A
Farming Year is on Monday 24 February at 8pm on UTV.
-ENDSFor further information, please contact Owen Devine, UTV Communications, 029
9026 2129.