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Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing
Martin Merrick
Martin Merrick details some key advice in keeping your milking parlour in top condition for the latter stages of lactation.
Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing
Solar panels and weighing scales among top TAMS applications
25 September 2024 Buildings
Solar panels and weighing scales among top TAMS applications
Martin Merrick looks at Department of Agriculture data, on what items farmers have been applying for under TAMS III.
Where do costs lie in cubicle sheds?
18 September 2024 Buildings
Where do costs lie in cubicle sheds?
Within 10 years, costs per cow have risen from €1,500 to over €3,000 for a standard cubicle shed with slurry storage.
Ticking the boxes on slurry storage requirements this winter
What farmers need to know amid updates and changes occurring to soiled water and slurry storage for 2024.
11 September 2024 Buildings
Getting winter ready with animal housing
Time is ticking on getting any routine maintenance that hasn't already been carried out completed on sheds.
11 September 2024 Buildings
Ticking the boxes on TAMS-spec equine housing
Martin Merrick details some of the specs when it comes to completing works on housing for equines under TAMS.
4 September 2024 Buildings
Figures don’t add up for TAMS NISS
Martin Merrick details some of the key aspects of the latest TAMS III scheme, targeted at slurry storage for imported nutrients, and also does the sums on the value of importing slurry.
28 August 2024 Buildings
Removing tank residue on Co Wicklow dairy farm
Matt Ryan and his company Tank Environmental feel that they can offer a service that speeds up cleaning the bottom of tanks, while making the process a whole lot safer.
25 August 2024 Farm buildings
Specs on cubicles raised in new Teagasc booklet
A new booklet launched by Teagasc on cow cubicles gives some key parameters that farmers can use when designing sheds, writes Martin Merrick.
24 August 2024 Farm buildings
New 70% slurry storage grant now open for applications
While the 70% grant rate for creating storage for imported slurry opens this week, a separate scheme and ceiling for ordinary farmers is yet to get the green light.
21 August 2024 Farm buildings
Tranche 3 approvals approach half way point for TAMS
Over 1,700 applications under TAMS III tranche 3 have already issued close to half of all applications.
21 August 2024 Buildings
Watch: Lisbeg Farms' new greenfield 920-cow dairy unit
The Bourns family farm has undergone a major transformation with the conversion to dairy farming in recent years. Martin Merrick details some of its new facilities.
21 August 2024 Farm buildings