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Dairy
Dairy Management: grass growth and robot costs
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan says a very mixed picture is emerging on the grass scene, as some farms are getting too much rain and others not enough.
7 August 2024 Management
Robot wars: what can farmers expect to pay for service costs?
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the typical service agreements associated with GEA, DeLaval and Lely robots.
5 August 2024 Dairy Equipment
To robot or not to robot in Laois
Aidan Brennan reports from the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour to Laois, where a discussion took place on the merits of robots over herringbone milking parlours.
Young Stock Podcast: are milking robots the future?
This week, Noel Bardon discusses robotic milking and feeding systems with Lely farm management support adviser Sinead Gallagher.
29 July 2024 Podcast
Laois farmers host Irish Grassland Association walk
Whether to build a parlour or put in two robots was a key topic for discussion at the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour.
9 July 2024 News
50,000th Lely robot installed on Antrim farm
The 50,000th Lely Astronaut automated milking robot has been installed on a Co Antrim dairy farm, replacing an 18-point parlour.
3 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Agri jobs: tractor drivers wanted for fertiliser spreading
This week’s opportunities include a company looking for tractor drivers and dairy farms in the southeast looking for workers.
18 May 2024 News
Agri jobs: opportunities on dairy farms in Waterford and Kilkenny
This week's agri jobs section sees an exciting role for two friends to work on a dairy farm in south Kilkenny with accommodation provided.
27 April 2024 News
Grove Holsteins finds its groove with robotic milking
John Mitchell outlined the moved to using robots to milk his dairy herd of 750 cows at a farm walk last week. Kieran Mailey reports.
24 April 2024 Northern Ireland