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We have continued to get some grass into the milking cows most days since calving, and with the mild weather we are leaving the main herd out most nights as well.
While Bill O'Keeffe looks back on 2022 as a year of strong milk prices and looks into 2023 positively in terms of income, replacing a long-standing member of staff this spring will be a challenge.
Keeping the herd milking through the cold snap wasn’t too much of an inconvenience apart from a few frozen parlour pipes one morning, writes farmer Bill O’Keeffe.
If necessary, we can use the cubicles for as long as is practical to get through the autumn and feed whatever silage is necessary to get through to the dry period.