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Cloughbane Farm Shop

 

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Steeped in history, Cloughbane has been farmed by the Robinson Family for four generations. We are fortunate that we are farming in the lush green grass of County Tyrone, right in the centre of Northern Ireland. The family is made up of myself Lorna, my husband Sam and our two sons Robert and Richard. The last member of the family is our daughter Clare, who is a nurse but helps out in our busiest times.

 

The Farm is 185 acres and focuses on beef, lamb and free-range egg production. The beef is mostly Aberdeen Angus / Limousine crosses that gives a great balance between lean and fat. Until recently all the beef was from our own farm. However, as the business has grown rapidly we now have a number of local farmers, who rear cattle for us to the same high standard of those from our own farm. All the very best animals are kept for the farm shop. At Cloughbane we use only female beef and lamb, as we believe they produce a more tender, sweeter meat.

  

Up until 2002, we were solely farming, selling our beef, lamb and free-range eggs to wholesalers. Today, however, except for beef or lamb that is not up to our specification, all our own animals are sold through our Farm Shop. The Farm Shop came about by accident rather than by design. We were founder members of our Local Farmers Market and through it the Farm Shop evolved. We first started the Farm Shop three afternoons a week, with only a part-time butcher and family members. By 2004 we converted an old sheep house into our current Farm Shop. We now employ 15 full-time staff and a number of part-time staff, as well as the family members.

 

Sam and Robert are chiefly responsible for the farming side, with Lorna and Richard looking after the Farm Shop. Of course we all do whatever, whenever it is needed.

  

Taste You Can Trust
We feel we can say this because the beef and lamb comes either from our own farm or from hand picked local farmers who have the tradition of rearing only the best.

  

Surroundings
Customers to our Farm Shop are always remarking on the number of hedges and trees we have. We are very fortunate that years ago when the government were giving grants to take away trees and hedges to make bigger fields, that we loved our Farm so much that we didnt go down this route. It was one of the best decisions ever, as now our surroundings are even more beautiful and a great environment for all the wildlife.

  

28 Days Matured Beef and 10/14 Days matured Lamb
At Cloughbane we follow the time honoured tradition of dry maturing all our prime cuts of beef. This together with using the best carcasses gives allows us to give our customers beef which has the maximum taste and tenderness.