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Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny
Martin Merrick
O’Dwyer Steel has ensured that the new rotary shed and cubicle house on the Ardboy Dairy farm just outside Kilkenny city.
Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny
Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds
26 April 2025 Infrastructure
Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds
Aidan Brennan looks at some new design ideas for calf sheds incorporating automatic calf feeders.
Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed
26 April 2025 Infrastructure
Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed
A newly erected calving shed has farmer safety to the forefront with a well-kitted-out barrier system.
Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade
Chris Tuffy spent much of 2024 upgrading facilities on his second rented milking platform along the Sligo coast.
23 April 2025 Infrastructure
Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork
The O’Sullivans recently completed work on not one but two underpasses on their West Cork dairy farm. Martin Merrick reports.
23 April 2025 Infrastructure
Is it a wise time to invest in infrastructure?
Does it make sense now, with high commodity prices, to return that money back in to the business through developments of infrastructure? Martin Merrick attempts to answer such.
23 April 2025 Infrastructure
Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid
Bovine electric fencing has a reference cost of €2.77/m while sheep fencing has a reference cost of €6.75/m on lowland ground and €8.81/m on mountain terrain.
23 April 2025 Infrastructure
Ensuring safe cattle handling: an overview of the Grandin approach
Temple Grandin is a pioneer in cattle handling and understanding how best to design handling units around animal behaviour.
25 December 2024 Infrastructure
Handling investments always a wise investment
Having good handling in place needs to be the central goal, not only for our own safety but for those who have to work within our yard, writes Martin Merrick.
23 December 2024 Infrastructure
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
A look at a newly erected large cattle yard, designed for safety of operator and cattle.
23 December 2024 Infrastructure
Reader query: do I need planning permission for my handling facilities?
Detailing some of the ins and outs regarding planning permission and handling facilities for both sheep and cattle.
23 December 2024 Infrastructure
Key elements in designing cattle handling facilities
Martin Merrick outlines some key technical and Department of Agriculture advice surrounding the design of cattle yards and crushes.
18 August 2024 Infrastructure