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To robot or not to robot in Laois
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan reports from the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour to Laois, where a discussion took place on the merits of robots over herringbone milking parlours.
4 August 2024 Dairy Equipment
Cheap and effective additions to milking parlours
Thomas Condon outlines five low-cost additions to milking parlours that are simple, effective and improve efficiency.
3 August 2024 Dairy Equipment
Low confidence halts dairy investments
The high cost of investment and lack of Government supports is putting people off making the investments in milking equipment
Family partnership overlooking the Shannon estuary
The Culligan family are milking 50 cows through a new six unit double milking parlour which was installed last May.
24 July 2024 Milk quality
Building a good work/life balance in Ballyheigue
The O'Connor family are running a low-cost, grass-based farm, with plenty of time off for everyone.
24 July 2024 Milk quality
Laois farmers host Irish Grassland Association walk
Whether to build a parlour or put in two robots was a key topic for discussion at the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour.
9 July 2024 News
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.
29 May 2024 Buildings
Best practice in milking courses to run across the country
Teagasc, in conjunction with FRS Training, the Department of Agriculture and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are running four two-day milking courses across four locations.
16 April 2024 News
Greenfield dairy unit with all the bells and whistles
John Keane has created a top-spec, new build parlour, handling area and cubicle accommodation for his new dairy enterprise in Mayo.
27 March 2024 Buildings