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New calf house reduces labour by 75%
Martin Merrick
The five-bay shed has seriously reduced labour, with the option being to install auto calf feeders in the future.
18 January 2025 Management
Five tips to prepare cows for spring calving
As the spring calving period draws closer, outlined are a few management tasks that can help preparations.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Rearing dairy beef calves in Castlefinn
Adam Woods reports from the first Animal Health Ireland Calf Care event which took place in Donegal last week.
Is buying land a good investment?
Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the topics that are coming up at the Positive Farmers Conference in Cork in January.
18 December 2024 Management
Reducing the workload on winter milk farms
With calving in full swing on winter milk farms, Aidan Brennan looks at some practical ways farmers can reduce the workload.
16 October 2024 Liquid Milk
Liquid milk producers delivering the goods
The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Precison Microbes on point for Ploughing 2024
Adam Woods chats to Tommy Heffernan about Precision Microbes and where to next for the Dublin based company.
11 September 2024 Breeding & health