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Cows out…

Was going to let out the cows on Wednesday, but decided it was too cold due to a biting Easterly wind. Same on Thursday. On Friday, the weather got a bit milder so I left them out for the day. … Continue reading

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Calving 2013

So far have 41 cows calved. Only 2 dead calf’s so far thankfully. All calves are holstein friesians from EuroGENE AI bulls. I bought Vecoxan to dose the calves, coccidiosis has been a bit of a problem here for the … Continue reading

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Calving update…

My cows are calving away, 2 sets of twins and only 2 friesian bulls so far out of 23 calvings, – some of those are Angus and Belgian Blues. Ground has been way too wet to even consider grazing for … Continue reading

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First calf of 2013!

Calving season has begun here today  on my farm in Limerick. Two maiden heifers calved within an hour this afternoon. The first had a friesian heifer, I was delighted with the good start, however, the second had a bull who … Continue reading

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Mary’s Farm in Louth

An introduction to my farm… I am currently farming 300 acres in county Louth, 230 acres in one block around the dairy and the rest a mile away on an Outfarm. The dairy block has very heavy soil, turnout normally … Continue reading

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New contributor….

Mary has kindly offered to write a diary of her farming activities. As I receive these updates I will publish them on the Dairying in Limerick category. If you have any queries/comments etc for Mary you can e-mail them to … Continue reading

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Pat’s typical day in January

My typical day in January is normally something like this….. 7:30Let milking cows out of shed and into parlour holding yard. 7:32 Lime all cubicles, using Agrical lime. Check that all the dry cows are ok while liming their cubicles. … Continue reading

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Details of Pat’s Farm

Just a little introduction to my farm… I am currently farming 72 acres around my parlour, on which I keep my dairy herd and calves. I normally milk about 64 holstein friesian cows (non pedigree) and have a quota of … Continue reading

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Greetings from Limerick

Hello, I am Pat and I am a young dairy farmer in Co. Limerick, supplying Creamery Milk to Dairygold Co-op. I am on a steep learning curve, which is about to become all the steeper with the abolition of Milk … Continue reading

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Pat from Limerick….

A friend of mine has kindly offered to write a diary of his farming activities. As I receive these updates I will publish them on the Dairying in Limerick category. If you have any queries/comments etc for Pat you can … Continue reading

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