Bill
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Bill O'Keeffe is a Nuffield Scholar and farms at Clara Co. Kilkenny with his father Philip and uncle Matt. They milk 180 spring calving pedigree British Friesian cows, supplying Glanbia Co-op.
Bill O'Keeffe on 20 Oct 2021
Farmer Writes: taking stock for winter and issues with carbon
It's time that the Government acknowledged the crucial role that farmers play in climate action, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 06 Oct 2021
Farmer Writes: biodiversity can be enhanced with a profitable farm business
Bill O'Keeffe's early starts this week came with the unexpected bonus of a close encounter with a barn owl on one of the fence posts beside the roadway.
Bill O'Keeffe on 23 Sep 2021
Farmer Writes: lead-in times needed on nitrates proposals
Hopefully, some sort of a lead-in time will be facilitated to allow farmers to get their house in order in a timely fashion on the nitrates regulations, Bill O'Keeffe says.
Bill O'Keeffe on 08 Sep 2021
Farmer Writes: farmers need to be targeted in what they oppose
As an industry we need to accept some changes and move forward in that new environment, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 26 Aug 2021
Farmer Writes: A lot of frustration around proposed nitrates rules
There is understandably a lot of frustration around these proposed nitrates regulations and the associated costs that farmers would incur on the back of them, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 11 Aug 2021
Farmer Writes: grass growing again as farmers are bombarded with new rules
It’s great to be looking at green fields again, rather than yellow or brown ones, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 28 Jul 2021
Farmer Writes: grass growth stalls across the farm
The high temperatures have disappeared for the moment at least which is taking some pressure off cows, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 14 Jul 2021
Farmer Writes: TB testing and a lack of rain
Bill O'Keeffe has spent the last few days moving stock around and getting everything as organised as possible for TB testing.
Bill O'Keeffe on 30 Jun 2021
Farmer Writes: grass a scare commodity this week
We have moved very quickly from taking out surplus paddocks to staring down the barrel of a summer of feeding out silage again, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 22 Jun 2021
Farmer Writes: CAP camouflaged under a cloak of environmentalism
The climate action bill has 'unrealistic aspirations for agriculture and still no account of the carbon sequestration taking place on our farms,' writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Bill O'Keeffe on 02 Jun 2021
Farmer Writes: silage finally being made
It’s been very stop-start for Bill O'Keeffe, with every tractor, mower and harvester flat out on the fine days, trying to catch up on work that has been postponed due to high rainfall.
Bill O'Keeffe on 19 May 2021
Farmer Writes: shooting in the dark on cow numbers for next spring
We are still shooting in the dark a bit with cow number targets for next spring, writes Bill O'Keeffe.