Dairylink podcast: cows grazing full time in Tyrone

Peter McCann speaks to Dairylink Ireland farmer Richard Marshall about grazing, reseeding and the finish of the 2019/20 breeding season.

Peter McCann

21 April 2020

Dairylink podcast: cows grazing full time in Tyrone

The milking herd on the Marshall farm is currently averaging 30.5 litres from 8.8kg of concentrates.

Dairylink Ireland is a farm development programme supported by the Irish Farmers Journal, MSD Animal Health, Lakeland Dairies, CAFRE, Teagasc and AFBI.

Read more from Richard's farm in this week's Irish Farmers Journal and online at www.ifj.ie/dairylink.

Listen to "Dairylink: Grazing full time in Tyrone" on Spreaker.

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