Michael and Catherine Gowing are looking forward to welcoming their family, friends and other dairy farmers to the Dairy Open Day at Scorduff, Brosna, Birr, Co. Offlay, on Thursday 22nd June 2017 from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Continue reading “Dairy Farm Open Day”
Brian Kelly from county Clare has recently received top marks in his Bord Bia Audit with the help of the Herdwatch app. Since getting the Herdwatch app three years ago, life has changed on the farm and he hasn’t looked back. Continue reading “Using An App To Get Top Marks In The Bord Bia Audit”
For as long as I can remember, this has been one of the driest spells of weather from early April up until now. Continue reading “Gearoid’s farming week: Making use of a paddock system”
Niall Mason is a Dairy and Beef farmer from Ballyseedy, Co. Kerry. Niall farms with his parents John and Carol in a partnership. Continue reading “Using An App To Tighten The Calving Spread”
Herdwatch has teamed up with FRS Farm Relief and Macra Na Feirme to give one lucky Herdwatch customer the chance of a lifetime to win a full match day experience and play Football in Croke Park Continue reading “Ever dreamed of playing in Croke Park?”
Last November, we carried out a survey of all Herdwatch customers. The results were overwhelmingly positive Continue reading “Herdwatch Version 4 is here!”
Since my last piece a lot has been going on at the home farm, then again that’s the case with most farms around the country. Continue reading “Gearóid’s Farming Week: Getting the cows back in calf”
According to Teagasc, the goal is to get 90% of cows served in the first 3 weeks of the breeding season. Continue reading “Breeding: Here is why you should record heat detections”
There’s been a lot of talk recently about all the technology that is coming online on Irish farms over the next few years Continue reading “Tomás’s Farming Week: Ploughing on with the Spring Barley”
This year alone, movement cert applications in Herdwatch were up by 77%. We delved more into the figures showing us what Counties were buying the most calves. Continue reading “The Top 10 Counties Buying Calves This Spring”