UPDATE 23/12/2016: We just donated €1,000 to 2 great causes: €500 to St Vincent de Paul + €500 to UNICEF, not bad for a day’s work #proud 😉 THANK YOU for your support, and #happychristmas
We have all heard about the plight of refugees and homeless people. This is not just a Syrian and Irish problem, Continue reading “To all the Banas and Vincents”
John O’Sullivan is a spring calving dairy farmer from Ballygree near Castleisland, Co. Kerry. John’s farm is a one-person operation, with little time for paperwork and calf registration and less time for double recording! Continue reading “Taking the Pain out of Cross Compliance paperwork”
Pat Feehily is a Suckler and Sheep farmer from Ballydangan, Co. Roscommon. Pat keeps a herd of pedigree and commercial Limousines and during the winter he also buys in 200 fattening lambs. Continue reading “Farmer Review: Moving on with your Farm management”
Mike Noonan is a spring calving Dairy farmer from Glenville, Co. Cork. In 2014 Mike went into a partnership with his in-laws, David and Breda Forde.Keen to bring something new to this venture, Mike decided that more paperwork wasn’t going to be it. Continue reading “Making Farm Paperwork a thing of the past”
It is not every day that a home-grown Irish Farming App gets presented a Royal Award at Buckingham Palace by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, with lunch at the House of Lords, followed by a meeting with the Irish Ambassador to Great Britain. Continue reading “Prince Philip presents Royal Award to Herdwatch”
Update: Herdwatch Sales Ring has just been awarded the Silver Medal in the Innovation Arena’s Agri-technology competition for established companies! Needless to say we are delighted and hope to take Sales Ring to the next stage of the development process soon. Thanks to Enterprise Ireland and Farmers Journal, in particular Denis Duggan. We wish him well in his new role as Macra Na Feirme CEO.
Continue reading “Herdwatch Ploughing ahead with new innovation and market”
Women in Farming Review: Marion Matthews farms with her husband Frank. They are Dairy farmers from Carraward West, Co. Limerick. Together they milk 98 cows along with managing the replacements heifers. Continue reading “Women in Farming Review: Saving time on Farm paperwork”
Anthony Carroll is a spring calving Dairy Farmer from Burncourt outside Cahir, Co. Tipperary, where he farms together with his wife Mags and their two children Kaitlynn and Cian Continue reading “Three Easy Steps to Spraying Compliance”
Herdwatch have received the 2016 Prince Philip Award for at this year’s Livestock event which was held in Birmingham in conjunction with the RABDF (The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers). The event is the leading B2B event for the UK livestock industry. Continue reading “Royal Award for Herdwatch in Birmingham”