Michael Geary

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Michael comes from a beef background in Co. Galway with a keen interest in the beef and sheep sectors. He holds a degree in Animal Science and was the auditor of the UCD Agriculture Society in 2018/2019 where €65,000 was raised for charity. He has gained valuable experience across the agriculture industry, working on progressive sheep and beef farms whilst also working on a large-scale dairy farm in the US.

Sheep trade: Prices starting the new year unchanged
Sheep trade: Prices starting the new year unchanged

The sheep trade is starting the new year like it finished 2022: Unchanged, with factories holding base prices at the...

Back In Focus: Swapping a 12-unit parlour for 2 robots in Cork
Back In Focus: Swapping a 12-unit parlour for 2 robots in Cork

Last up in the Back In Focus series is a father-and-son’s journey in swapping a 12-unit parlour for two robots in...

Back In Focus: 4-bay shed, with handling unit and dung stead
Back In Focus: 4-bay shed, with handling unit and dung stead

The next trip down memory lane in Agriland’s Back In Focus series is a revisit to Westmeath to speak to brothers...

All-Star Texel sale reaches a high of €2,000
All-Star Texel sale reaches a high of €2,000

The two top-priced females headed back south from the Blessington All-Star Texel in-lamb sale held recently. The top price ewe...

Video: €4,600 tops the North East Texel Twilight sale
Video: €4,600 tops the North East Texel Twilight sale

The North East Irish Texel Club Twilight sale on Thursday evening (December 29) saw prices top €4,600, a record-breaking price...

Sheep trade: Base prices for lambs 70c/kg behind this time last year
Sheep trade: Base prices for lambs 70c/kg behind this time last year

The sheep trade is starting the week like it finished the last, unchanged. Any rise in lamb prices will have...

Back In Focus: Converting to dairy with the aid of a hayshed and 5-bay slatted shed
Back In Focus: Converting to dairy with the aid of a hayshed and 5-bay slatted shed

Today’s Back In Focus is how former suckler farmer Edmond Ryan, from Newport in Tipperary, converted over to dairy farming...

20-25% fewer flocks opting to lamb early says technician
20-25% fewer flocks opting to lamb early says technician

There has been as much as a 20-25% drop in the amount of flocks lambing early this year, according to...

North East Texel Twilight sale set for this Thursday
North East Texel Twilight sale set for this Thursday

All roads lead to Carnaross Mart this coming Thursday (December 29) for the North East Texel Club’s Twilight in-lamb sale....

Back In Focus: Mono-pitched calf shed for 80 calves in Co. Fermanagh
Back In Focus: Mono-pitched calf shed for 80 calves in Co. Fermanagh

Up next in the Back In Focus series takes us to Co. Fermanagh to see a mono-pitched designed calf shed on...

Back In Focus: 4-bay slatted sheep shed with handling unit in Kerry
Back In Focus: 4-bay slatted sheep shed with handling unit in Kerry

Next up in the Back in Focus series sees Agriland revisit a trip down to Co. Kerry to check out a four-bay...

Potentially challenging lamb market early next year
Potentially challenging lamb market early next year

Challenging market conditions are possible early next year, due to the potential of increased lamb product at home, as well...

Back In Focus: A 30-bail rotary for a 160-cow herd in Tipperary
Back In Focus: A 30-bail rotary for a 160-cow herd in Tipperary

First up in the Back In Focus sees Agriland look back to a trip to Co. Tipperary to speak to brothers Brian and...

6 of the most popular buildings Agriland visited in 2022
6 of the most popular buildings Agriland visited in 2022

Over the Christmas period, we are going to take a look back at six of the most popular buildings Agriland paid a visit...

Banking grass as grazing conditions worsen
Banking grass as grazing conditions worsen

Rather unfavourable grazing conditions have made life on farms tricky in recent weeks and in cases, have forced some ewes...

Scanning ewes: Next up on the to-do list
Scanning ewes: Next up on the to-do list

Scanning ewes will be very much on the to-do list for mid-season lambing flocks once we head into the new...

Sheep kill: Throughput holds steady
Sheep kill: Throughput holds steady

The weekly sheep kill increased once again, for the third week in a row, but just marginally to reach nearly 63,000 head....

Sheep trade: Lamb prices unchanged
Sheep trade: Lamb prices unchanged

Time is running out for 2022 to see a rise in price for lambs, as factories hold prices to last...