Category: West Cork Dairy Farmer

June 24th 2021: Like most farmers this year we were glad to get the remainder of our 1st cut in the pit on June 5th. It bulked extremely well and we are more than happy with the tonnages achieved on…

May 31st 2021: 2021 – such an unpredictable year! It has been tough growth wise but it has shown us that the biological approach we are taking here on our farm is very resilient – even in a cold year…

October 27th 2020: Farm Cover (Kg DM/Ha): 709 Growth Rate (Kg DM/Ha): 25 Growth here is ticking along nicely as are cows with milk yield averaging 1.6 Kg MS/cow/day. We took what opportunities we had to get parlour washings and…

September 25th 2020: This week was D-day in terms of assessing how much fertiliser and how much nitrogen specifically was used in total for the year. Calculations are made easier with all fertiliser purchased through our local co-op, Barryroe and…

August 27th 2020: Growth is absolutely flying here at the moment. We have been applying watery slurry to paddocks and the response in growth is amazing – if I had enough watery slurry every rotation we would need very little…

July 19th 2020: Currently averaging 1.91 Kgs MS/Cow/Day on 4kgs of a 13% protein dairy nut. 46 surplus bales taken off the milking platform on 15th July. We will take out more bales from the grazing platform next week and…