Calf housing

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Martin Merrick looks back at some of our most popular features in the farm buildings pages of 2025.

BUILDINGS 26 December 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

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Twenty ways to spend €20,000: additional calf housing

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: additional calf housing

NEWS 17 October 2025

TAMS costings get major revamp

TAMS costings get major revamp

BUILDINGS 10 September 2025

Long-awaited rise in TAMS reference costs

Long-awaited rise in TAMS reference costs

Long-awaited rise in TAMS reference costs

SCHEMES 10 September 2025

Derogation decision delays farm building plans

Derogation decision delays farm building plans

Derogation decision delays farm building plans

NEWS 3 September 2025

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Improving herd genetic gain with cow tech

Improving herd genetic gain with cow tech

Tyrone dairy farmer Mark Rea held a farm walk last week to demonstrate the role of technology on his 90-cow herd.

NORTHERN IRELAND 22 January 2025

Designing automatic calf feeder accommodation for smaller numbers

Designing automatic calf feeder accommodation for smaller numbers

Martin Merrick looks at possible layouts for farmers rearing between 50-60 calves, with an eye on automatic feeding.

BUILDINGS 22 January 2025

Prepping animal housing for health

Prepping animal housing for health

Power washing and disinfection, along with other maintenance, is one of those necessary jobs to tackle over the summer on animal housing.

ANIMAL HEALTH 22 January 2025

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

Aidan Brennan looks at some new design ideas for calf sheds incorporating automatic calf feeders.

INFRASTRUCTURE 22 January 2025

Planning calf accommodation to future proof your farm

Planning calf accommodation to future proof your farm

Calf housing is becoming ever more popular on farms looking to future proof the business while reducing labour, writes Martin Merrick.

BUILDINGS 22 January 2025

UCD Lyons constructs state-of-the-art calf housing and research facilities

UCD Lyons constructs state-of-the-art calf housing and research facilities

Martin Merrick gets a look inside the brand-new calf shed, which will perform the dual role of providing high-welfare accommodation for the 200-cow dairy herd progeny, and research into calves.

BUILDINGS 22 January 2025

New calf house reduces labour by 75%

New calf house reduces labour by 75%

The five-bay shed has seriously reduced labour, with the option being to install auto calf feeders in the future.

CALVES 22 January 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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