Shinagh Dairy Farm

Greenfield start up dairy farm on 78.2 in 2011. Farm converted from beef. 15 year lease. Grass based system. Grow a lot of grass, eat a lot of grass per hect.

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@odonovandenism well it's good for their wind mill at least

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@HaroldKingston1 @DaDamiendono @odonovandenism too much! 5 tonne

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@DaDamiendono @odonovandenism sheeted the bolts, too much stuff in the bin

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Some wind, it just does not like meal feeding, no one hurt, just steel twisted.

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Another season, 85 calved, snatching a few hours at grass between the floods.

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@Tack365 looking at visiting ye before Christmas, can you send me Graham number till we see if and what is possible. Thanks J

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Hearing how we are hitting our financial targets at today's financial workshop here. Great milk price year.

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@HaroldKingston1 not from China so was he, seeing as Brendan wanted to export our best and brightest! there.

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Great discussion with Deise1250 group here yesterday. Put us thinking about having formal weight targets with our contract rearer.

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@jeromeomahony @lisheenacreagh @HaroldKingston1 ah lads don't fall for that old trick! Mind games.

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Teagasc/ Carbery seminar. Lessons "grow more grass, eat more grass". Done overextend yourself. Markets- volitility & more volitility.

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@BrianCostello_ @KieranMcD77 @michaelgdoran @MaroonRover @paulkirwan Brian issues a valid challenging question. The power if why?

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@padraig_shevlin protein is driven by energy any high energy food helps, like the beet etc but one can end up buying the protein at no gain

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@KieranMcD77 not finished out yet but will make 12 t

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Using these few days of dry weather to get lime out. Giving grass no excuse not to grow 14 t/dm in 2014. Can't let the Longford lads beat us

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@SwantonGraham I got pulled up by the PC brigade lately for calling them topless. I was told that was page 3 stuff. So I have gone roofless!

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@seamus_omahony encourage them to buy more kernel and then better gear to feed it with!

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Hope this is up to (or should that be down to!) standard for grazing off last round while the boss is away. 3.7cm

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Silage finally in, 5 kg a day 3 kg soya hulls, grass to milker still Dec. Grazing out well, .9kg solids a day. 1000kg ha on 450kg cake!

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Can someone tell me why Aer Lingus and IDB have not joined up thinking to have an Irish cheese on their in flight snacks rather than Dutch