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Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny

O’Dwyer Steel has ensured that the new rotary shed and cubicle house on the Ardboy Dairy farm just outside Kilkenny city.

INFRASTRUCTURE 27 April 2025

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Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds

Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds

INFRASTRUCTURE 26 April 2025

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

INFRASTRUCTURE 26 April 2025

Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade

Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade

Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade

INFRASTRUCTURE 23 April 2025

Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork

Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork

Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork

INFRASTRUCTURE 23 April 2025

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Is it a wise time to invest in infrastructure?

Is it a wise time to invest in infrastructure?

Does it make sense now, with high commodity prices, to return that money back in to the business through developments of infrastructure? Martin Merrick attempts to answer such.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Bovine electric fencing has a reference cost of €2.77/m while sheep fencing has a reference cost of €6.75/m on lowland ground and €8.81/m on mountain terrain.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

Ensuring safe cattle handling: an overview of the Grandin approach

Ensuring safe cattle handling: an overview of the Grandin approach

Temple Grandin is a pioneer in cattle handling and understanding how best to design handling units around animal behaviour.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

Handling investments always a wise investment

Handling investments always a wise investment

Having good handling in place needs to be the central goal, not only for our own safety but for those who have to work within our yard, writes Martin Merrick.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation

New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation

A look at a newly erected large cattle yard, designed for safety of operator and cattle.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

Reader query: do I need planning permission for my handling facilities?

Reader query: do I need planning permission for my handling facilities?

Detailing some of the ins and outs regarding planning permission and handling facilities for both sheep and cattle.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

Key elements in designing cattle handling facilities

Key elements in designing cattle handling facilities

Martin Merrick outlines some key technical and Department of Agriculture advice surrounding the design of cattle yards and crushes.

INFRASTRUCTURE 18 August 2024

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