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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