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Robotic Milking

Listen: Milking a Montbéliarde herd through two robots

Dairy

23 days ago

Listen: Milking a Montbéliarde herd through two robots

Based just outside of Tullamore in Co. Offaly, the Guinan family is milking a herd of Montbéliardes through a robotic setup.

The Dairy Trail: Limerick farmer robot milking 75 cows while breeding for capacity and solids

Podcast

10 months ago

The Dairy Trail: Limerick farmer robot milking 75 cows while breeding for capacity and solids

Mike Clohessy is milking 75 black and white cows in Fedamore, Co. Limerick where one Lely A4 robot...

25 farmers apply for robotic milkers in both TAMS II and 3

Agri-Business

10 months ago

25 farmers apply for robotic milkers in both TAMS II and 3

A total of 25 farmers to date have applied for a robotic milking machine in both TAMS II and TAMS 3, recent DAFM figures show.

Dairy Focus: Converting to milking to support the next generation

Dairy

11 months ago

Dairy Focus: Converting to milking to support the next generation

After being 20 years away from dairy farming, Kilkenny dairy farmer, Sean Meehan has made the plunge back to milking cows in order to...

Milking robots and farm succession planning in Co. Carlow

Dairy

11 months ago

Milking robots and farm succession planning in Co. Carlow

DeLaval unveils the 2025 model of its voluntary milking system (VMS) V300 series. The new robot is developed in close collaboration with...

Dairy

1 year ago

Will robotics open up new opportunities for dairy farmers?

Automated milk extraction is almost the last item in a long list of benefits that robotics can bring to a modern dairy farm.

Will robotics open up new opportunities for dairy farmers?

Dairy

2 years ago

Cork dairy farmer launches natural live yogurt in Lidl

Dairy farmer, Jonathan Owens produces a natural live yogurt by the name of 'Greenfield Yogurts' and his product is set to hit the shelves...

Cork dairy farmer launches natural live yogurt in Lidl

Buildings

2 years ago

Buildings Focus: From beef to dairy with £1m investment

When converting beef housing to a brand new dairy unit, Robert Patton carried out a lot of research to find the technology and equipment

Buildings Focus: From beef to dairy with £1m investment

Dairy

2 years ago

Dairy Focus: The 'dual purpose' Montbeliarde cow proves its worth

Michael Guinan farms in partnership with his son Kevin and wife Concepta in Ballingcloghan, Co. Offaly where their Montbeliarde herd...

Dairy Focus: The 'dual purpose' Montbeliarde cow proves its worth

Dairy

2 years ago

Dairy focus: Father and son deem partnership 'very successful'

The second stop of the IGA summer tour took us to the farm of Roy and Trevor Cobbe where they have found their farm partnership very...

Dairy focus: Father and son deem partnership 'very successful'

Beef

2 years ago

Focus: From beef and sheep to dairy and hens in Antrim

The owners of an upland farm in Co. Antrim have purchased additional land and invested significantly in diversification and automation.

Focus: From beef and sheep to dairy and hens in Antrim

N.Ireland

2 years ago

Driving efficiency and sustainability with robotic milking

Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk.

Driving efficiency and sustainability with robotic milking

Machinery

2 years ago

Machinery: Plough Operator of the Year visits Lemken factory

The role of the plough is under scrutiny as never before, with alternative cultivation methods being heavily promoted, and some groups .

Machinery: Plough Operator of the Year visits Lemken factory

Dairy Technical

2 years ago

Making dairy farms an easier place to work

Keeping things simple can often been the easiest way of making dairy farms as nicer place to work for staff.

Making dairy farms an easier place to work

Dairy Focus

2 years ago

Dairy Throwback: Robotic milking complementing tillage operation

Agriland has decided to revisit some of the most popular and interesting Dairy Focus articles from 2023, in a ‘Dairy throwback‘ series.

Dairy Throwback: Robotic milking complementing tillage operation

Dairy Focus

3 years ago

Dairy Focus: Labour issues lead brothers to switch to Lely robots

For this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland attend Ireland's largest robotic grazing farm, which is based on Co. Meath.

Dairy Focus: Labour issues lead brothers to switch to Lely robots

Dairy News

3 years ago

Lely event highlights herd health and reliability

Lely Atlantic last week held its hybrid event entitled ‘Farmer’s Panel and Webinar on Herd Health & Reliability’.

Lely event highlights herd health and reliability

Agri-Business

3 years ago

New Lely base confirmed for Kilkenny to serve southeast

Machinery business Lely Mullingar is setting up a further base of operations in Ireland to serve customers in the southeast of the country.

New Lely base confirmed for Kilkenny to serve southeast

Video

4 years ago

Robotic milking gives Kilkenny farmer ‘relaxed life’

Co. Kilkenny dairy farmer Sean Meehan switched to robotic milking five years ago. Watch him discuss his transition in this video.

Robotic milking gives Kilkenny farmer ‘relaxed life’

Buildings

4 years ago

The initial stages of what a move to robotic milking looks like

On day one of the National Ploughing Championships, Agriland learned what the initial stages of making a move to robotic milking looks like.

The initial stages of what a move to robotic milking looks like

Video

4 years ago

Robotic milking open day on the farm of Seamus and James Bourke in Co. Cork

Recently, DeLaval held an open day on robotic milking on the farm of Seamus and James Bourke in Co....

Robotic milking open day on the farm of Seamus and James Bourke in Co. Cork

N.Ireland

4 years ago

40 new dairy entrants in Northern Ireland in 2021

Approximately, 40 new farming entrants started up within Northern Ireland’s dairy sector during 2021, and this growth looks set to continue.

40 new dairy entrants in Northern Ireland in 2021

Opinion

4 years ago

Opinion: Automation is the future - we should be milking it

Union dairy committee chairman Mervyn Gordon inferred that automation is not a silver bullet when it comes to solving the labour crisis

Opinion: Automation is the future - we should be milking it

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