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Focus intro: labour saving an increasing requirement amid scarcity of help

With skilled labour becoming increasingly hard to find, more and more farmers are using technology or better facilities to reduce their own labour input.

FARM BUILDINGS 19 November 2025

Focus intro: labour saving an increasing requirement amid scarcity of help

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Where does value lie in storage?

Where does value lie in storage?

FARM BUILDINGS 22 November 2025

Analysis: cost of getting to spec if slurry storage increases

Analysis: cost of getting to spec if slurry storage increases

FARM BUILDINGS 21 August 2025

Farm buildings focus: mishandling of TAMS not farmer’s fault

Farm buildings focus: mishandling of TAMS not farmer’s fault

Farm buildings focus: mishandling of TAMS not farmer’s fault

FARM BUILDINGS 20 August 2025

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

FARM BUILDINGS 20 August 2025

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TAMS costings: how far off are reference costs?

TAMS costings: how far off are reference costs?

Martin Merrick looks at some featured farm construction projects to analyse how farm off the mark reference costs are with actual costs.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

Staying compliant with slurry storage requirements

Staying compliant with slurry storage requirements

Martin Merrick outlines some of the main storage requirements for both slurry and soiled water, as well as some interim Teagasc results on both.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

Slurry stores and slats: planning debacle needs to be sorted

Slurry stores and slats: planning debacle needs to be sorted

There is little point in giving farmers additional grant aid if farmers are unable to get planning permission to build in the first place, writes Martin Merrick

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

Martin Merrick outlines what’s available to farmers in the line of grant rates and investment ceilings for both slurry stores and new slats.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

With the high price of building materials at the moment, inputs in to buildings are being carefully scrutinised, though not all slat rubber will yield the same benefits.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

Stay topless or roof: what is the better value for money?

Stay topless or roof: what is the better value for money?

Several factors come in to play regarding whether to build over open cubicles or create additional slurry storage. Martin Merrick discusses both, as well as the associated costs.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

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The farmers behind the Golden Arches

McDonald’s and Lakeland Dairies’ partnership: behind every iconic McDonald’s product lies a network of dedicated Irish suppliers, family farms and co-operatives.

The farmers behind the Golden Arches