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Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

Is roofing over an open tank a viable option for farmers looking to increase slurry storage? Martin Merrick does the sums to see if it is.

BUILDINGS 3 June 2026

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

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Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

BUILDINGS 4 March 2026

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

FARM MACHINERY 4 March 2026

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

FARMER WRITES 18 February 2026

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

MANAGEMENT 2 February 2026

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Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Since moving to a Q-Bed 324 cubicle bedder, Armagh farmers Samuel and Thomas Dickson have cut labour and bedding usage by a third and witnessed an improvement in cow cleanliness, writes Gary Abbott.

FARM MACHINERY 27 July 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

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 27 July 2025

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Tom Phelan and his family have recently seen their 84-cubicle space shed completed to an exceptionally high standard.

BUILDINGS 27 July 2025

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Aidan Brennan goes through some of the key changes in the EBI that will affect the genetic merit figures for all herds.

MANAGEMENT 27 July 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: ride on cubicle bedder

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: ride on cubicle bedder

In a series looking at potential investment ideas for dairy farms, Daire Cregg looks at the potential advantages of a cubicle bedder to reduce labour on farm.

NEWS 27 July 2025

Five key considerations with animal housing this autumn

Five key considerations with animal housing this autumn

Martin Merrick outlines the key areas that farmers need to focus on when it comes to prepping housing.

BUILDINGS 27 July 2025

Watch: smart moves on the Wild Atlantic Way

Watch: smart moves on the Wild Atlantic Way

John Casey is farming with father Michael and wife Orla along the coast at Causeway in Co Kerry.

MILK QUALITY 27 July 2025

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Kubota’s M6001 Utility series – the competent all-rounder

With power outputs from 104hp up to 143hp, the five-model M6001 Utility series of tractors from Kubota is the cost-sensitive successor to the proven MGX range

Kubota’s M6001 Utility series – the competent all-rounder

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