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Title: Thrive roundup: calf-rearing shed expansion and a new automatic feeder in Mayo

The Keating family in Westport, Co Mayo, have just finished alterations to the calf-rearing shed in time for calf arrival this spring.

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Beef > Management
27 March 2021
Declan Marren on 27 Mar 2021

Thrive roundup: calf-rearing shed expansion and a new automatic feeder in Mayo

The Keating family in Westport, Co Mayo, have just finished alterations to the calf-rearing shed in time for calf arrival this spring.

Declan Marren
Beef > Management
27 March 2021

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Heifer calves settling into their new surroundings on the Keatings farm.

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