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Slim dairy beef margins in early years
Jack Kennedy
The farm is budgeting for a selling price of €4.70/kg for the typical O grade carcase from this type of operation.
12 June 2024 Buildings
VAT explainer: what remains eligible for a VAT reclaim
With all the confusion surrounding VAT amid changes by Revenue, Martin Merrick outlines some of the technicalities in reclaiming VAT.
29 May 2024 Buildings
60-point rotary and drafting system streamlining milking in Piltown
The DeLaval 60-point rotary is seeing the farm’s 400 herd of cows milked in just under an hour and a half.
Technology gulf in TAMS leaving sheep farmers at a loss
Reference costs for sheep handling units are many miles off the mark of the cost of automatic sheep handling units, writes Martin Merrick
19 May 2024 Sheep handling
Specifications announced for TAMS herd health monitoring
A popular new addition to TAMS III, specifications for herd health and fertility monitoring systems have now been released by the Department. Martin Merrick reports.
7 February 2024 Management
Substantial midlands dairy operation for lease
In excess of 220ac of land, a modern yard and almost half a million litres of slurry storage are all strengths of a farm near Athlone as it becomes available for lease, writes Tommy Moyles.
1 February 2024 Property