Dairy focus: Halving the milking time of 450 cows with a 50-bale rotary in Co. Cork November 2, 2019 Dairy For this week’s dairy focus, AgriLand travelled down to Fermoy, Co. Cork, to visit a 450-cow dairy farm owned by Kevin Twomey –…
Dairy focus: A ‘smooth transition’ to once-a-day milking in Co. Galway October 27, 2019 Dairy Just last year, Eamonn Connaughton – who is farming outside Loughrea, Co. Galway – took a leap of faith when he decided to…
Dairy focus: Swapping black and white for red and white in Co. Cork October 26, 2019 Dairy Farming just outside Kilworth, Co. Cork, Mike Dunne’s dairy farm is slightly more unusual than most, in the sense that his herd is…
IGA Student Conference: Family-run farm heading for over 400 cows in Co. Kilkenny October 23, 2019 Dairy The O’Keeffe dairy enterprise located in Churchclara, Co. Kilkenny, is most definitely a family affair – with brothers Matt and Philip, and Philip’s…
Dairy focus: A glimpse of how the other half lives in the Netherlands October 13, 2019 Dairy In this week’s dairy focus, we will be taking a look inside some of the Dutch dairy farms AgriLand had the privilege of…
Dairy focus: Showing ‘warts and all’ of robotic milking in Co. Waterford October 5, 2019 Dairy In 2015, Mark Drohan and his father David, along with six other farmers in the same area, decided that they were going to…
Dairy focus: 8 farmers and one leased farm in Co. Roscommon September 15, 2019 Dairy Less than three years ago, eight dairy farmers – from different parts of Ireland – came together to take on a leased block…
Dairy focus: Award-winning farmer shares his secret to success in Co. Kildare September 2, 2019 Dairy Shane O’Loughlin – who is dairy farming near Oghill, Co. Kildare – was the overall winner of the Large Herd Category at Bord…
Dairy focus: Importing Fleckviehs…from Austria to Co. Kilkenny August 10, 2019 Dairy Michael Butler who is farming just outside Kilkenny town has been importing Fleckvieh cattle from Austria for the past two years. Michael had…
Dairy focus: Thinking outside the box in Co. Kilkenny August 3, 2019 Dairy Jason Doheny – along with the help of his father Keith – is in the process of converting his whole herd of Holstein-Friesian…
Dairy focus: Starting from scratch and growing to 257 cows in Co. Westmeath July 28, 2019 Dairy Robert English and his father Mervyn recently converted to dairy after previously operating a beef and sheep enterprise comprising of 50 sucklers and…
Dairy focus: Narrowing in on what is important in Co. Westmeath July 25, 2019 Dairy Farming just outside Moate, Co. Westmeath, Peter Hamm is a new dairy entrant who, up until 2013, was operating a suckler enterprise along…
Dairy focus: Olympian turned dairy farmer in Co. Waterford July 20, 2019 Dairy Olympic walker Jamie Costin has swapped the runners for the wellies after returning home and taking over the family dairy farm in Ring,…
Dairy focus: Keeping the British-Friesian breed alive in Co. Kilkenny July 15, 2019 Dairy The Firoda Herd in Co. Kilkenny has been bred to a high level of excellence through pure dedication to the British-Friesian breed. On…
Dairy focus: Started from the bottom, now they’re here in Co. Cork June 29, 2019 Dairy The Radney Herd based in Co. Cork has undoubtedly made a name for itself for all the right reasons within the industry. On…
Dairy focus: From beef farming in Scotland to dairy farming in Co. Westmeath June 22, 2019 Dairy In the space of just four years, GD and Caroline Young moved to Ireland – from Scotland – purchased a tillage farm and…
Dairy focus: ‘Eating the grass and producing the goods’ in Co. Monaghan June 13, 2019 Dairy Farming in the drumlins of Co. Monaghan, Darran McKenna – the 2018 Quality Milk Award winner – focuses on sustainably producing high-quality milk…
Dairy focus: Farming ‘outside of the norm’ in Co. Limerick June 9, 2019 Dairy Seán Condon has been organic farming for the past 13 years and operates what he describes as a “very low-cost system of production”…
