The farm walk took place on the farm of Charles Clarke, just outside Baileborough in Co Cavan. Clarke milks 112 cows on 75ha and is stocked at 3.5 LU/ha on the milking platform.

In the podcast below, dairy farmer Eamon O'Reilly, who attended the walk, discusses the difficulties dairy farmers are experiencing at the moment.

But he also highlights the most important lessons from the walk, including the importance of soil fertility and maintaining the correct stocking rate.

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