Young Stock Podcast: family key to growing to 200 cows in Waterford
This week, we hear from dairy farmer Shane Fitzgerald on the attractiveness of dairying to young farmers, ideal cow type and why you can never have too much slurry storage.
On this week's Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock Podcast, Noel Bardon chats with young Co Waterford dairy farmer Shane Fitzgerald.
Shane discusses the attractiveness of dairy farming to young people, his ideal cow type and why those taking over the family farm always should keep an ear open to input from older generations.
He chats about implementing the farm's plans to grow from 120 cows to 200 by adding 20 cows to the herd each year.
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Shane also talked more generally about what has changed in the dairy sector since he went back farming in 2016 and why you can never have too much slurry storage.
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On this week's Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock Podcast, Noel Bardon chats with young Co Waterford dairy farmer Shane Fitzgerald.
Shane discusses the attractiveness of dairy farming to young people, his ideal cow type and why those taking over the family farm always should keep an ear open to input from older generations.
He chats about implementing the farm's plans to grow from 120 cows to 200 by adding 20 cows to the herd each year.
Shane also talked more generally about what has changed in the dairy sector since he went back farming in 2016 and why you can never have too much slurry storage.
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