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The Pasture Summit was established in 2017 by a group of progressive and committed farm business owners and dairy sector...
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Four steps to simplify the workload on dairy farms
Robert Troy is dairy farming in Newtown, Co. Cork and at Thursday’s Positive Farmers Conference he identified a number of...
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Breaking the mould: From city streets to milking 400 cross-bred cows
Originally from the city of Manchester, Matthew Jackson breaks the mould when it comes to dairy farming. The 28-year-old is...
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'Finishing education and coming home to farm too soon is a mistake'
Young farmers who come home too soon after completing their agricultural education are making a mistake, according to Kevin Twomey....
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'Budgets should be the cornerstone of every dairy business'
Budgets should be the cornerstone of any dairy farming business, according to Mathew Venables. Speaking at this year’s Positive Farmers...
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‘Dairy fertility is a race against time’
The six week in-calf rate is a great measure for farm profitability or key performance indicator for your dairy farm,...
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'If you’ve had enough of milking cows, get out of the parlour and employ someone better'
If you’ve had enough of milking cows, get out of the parlour and employ someone better, Robert Craig a dairy...
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'Grass to cash at low cost' is the theme of Positive Farmers Conference
This year’s Positive Farmers conference takes place in Clonmel and the theme is ‘Grass to Cash at Low Cost – The...