Sustainable Environment
Ashleigh Farms places a major emphasis on environmental and energy sustainability.
The farm has been working on the development of sustainable waste to energy technologies since 2008. During this time, it was a lead SME on EU FP7 Research for benefit of SMEs project PlaGasMic. This applied research project demonstrated the advantages of using industrial microwave technology to enhance biogas production from animal manures. In 2016 AF setup its sister company Biowave Technologies (formerly Ashleigh Environmental) which has gone on to develop this microwave technology (Biowave™) at industrial scale and has been successful in obtaining Horizon 2020 Fast Track to Innovation (2016) and Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (2020). In 2019 Biowave Technologies was the overall winner of the SEAI Energy Awards – Research & Innovation.
2020: Ashleigh Farms was a recipient of SEAI Exeed funding for the development and installation of an innovative slurry cooling and heat pump system. The Exeed project has helped to save up to 35% in energy costs and reduce ammonia and odour emissions by 30% and 20% respectively.
2021 -2024: Ashleigh Farms partnered with GlassportBIO on SEAI RDD project to test the efficacy at a commercial scale of the innovative product GasAbate which enhances the potential of stored manure when using as a feedstock for AD. The project will demonstrate significant improvements in the air quality and renewable energy production.
Pork Production.
Ashleigh Farms began from humble beginnings in the early 1960s. The original unit started with two sows and a big dream, today it is home to over 13000 pigs and a dedicated work force. As the business grew over the years so too did the need to expand. In 2001 the Caliso Bay unit was purchased and redeveloped. Today it is among the top performing farms in Europe, producing up to 35 pigs per sow per year and at the forefront of trail work carried out by Ashleigh Farms.
We at Ashleigh farms have a very high emphasis on animal health and welfare, production output and staff development. We are very aware of the importance of bio-security and therefore produce our own breeding stock, transport our own pigs and manufacture and deliver our own feed.
Mill Production.
Ashleigh Farms Milling produces almost all the feed supplied to our pigs. The feed ingredients are high quality raw materials sourced from approved suppliers. We carry out strict quality assurance protocols to ensure only the highest quality feed is available to our pigs. Our diets are formulated by specialist nutritional companies and are constantly monitored and reviewed to ensure we are achieving the maximum efficiency.
