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Signpost Demonstration Farmers Waterford - Kilkenny

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Shane & John. P Fitzgerald, Portlaw | Steven Fitzgerald, Aglish | Cathal Moran, Skeoughvosteen | Francis Nolan, Muckalee 

Shane and John P. Fitzgerald, Portlaw East, Waterford

Shane is farming with his father near Portlaw Co. Waterford. They are farming 92 Ha of which 30 Ha is leased. All the land is available to cows. The heifers are contract reared.

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Shane Fitzgerald Farm 2024

Shane Fitzgerald Farm 2024

             Portlaw, Co. Waterford figures

          20th Sept 24'

Milk -17.93

Cover per cow - 331

         Pre grazing y - 2200

AFC- 904

 Meal - 1

   Additional info:   

  1. The cows are finished grazing the heavier covers across the rd & will be back on covers under 2000kg from now on
  2. The cows will get their salmonella booster in the coming weeks and the heifers will get their 1st shot, followed by the booster in 3 weeks time
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Steven Fitzgerald, Aglish, Waterford

Steven is farming with his parents near Aglish in West Waterford. They are farming 121 Ha of which 52 Ha is leased. The milking platform is 70 Ha.

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Cathal Moran, Skeoughvosteen, Co. Kilkenny

Cathal is farming 177ha of which 57 is owned. The milking platform consists of 120 Ha. Cathal has 1.5 labour units employed on the farm.

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Francis Nolan, Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny

Francis is farming near Coolcullen in North Kilkenny. Francis is a new entrant to dairying. He is farming 70 Ha of which 4Ha is rented. All the land is available for cows

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Future Beef farmers

Ruairi Cummins, Kilmoganny | Eamonn & Donnchadh McCarthy, Glendine 

 

Eamonn & Donnchadh McCarthy, Carrigeen, Glendine, Co. Waterford

Eamonn & Donnchadh McCarthy, Carrigeen, Glendine, Co. Waterford

Eamonn farms in Carrigeen, Glendine, Co. Waterford with his son Donnchadh. They both farm part-time. They farm 45.47ha in 3 blocks. The soil type is a free draining brown topsoil with a redish hue in the majority of the farm. The farm is stocked at 110kgs N/HA, they plan to increase stocking rate to 160kg N/HA. They are running a suckling to beef enterprise split into spring & autumn calving consisting of 46 suckler cows. The males are finished as under 16mth bull beef, while the heifers not retained for breeding are finished at 18-20mth. Local advisor is Catriona Foley.
Ruairi Cummins, Rossenarra Demense, Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny

Ruairi Cummins, Rossenarra Demense, Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny

Ruairi farms with his wife Helen, children Ciara, Eoin & Laura. He farms 35ha of owned land split into 2 main blocks. He also works off-farm with a local suckler farmer. Soil type on the home block is a dry mineral soil. He is stocked at 156kgs N/Ha. He runs a 45 cow spring calving suckler system with bull calves brought through to slaughter at under 16mth & heifers sold as stores at 16-18 mth. Some of the lighter bull calves are castrated & sold as stores at 16-18mth. Ruairi is using two Charolais stock bulls with a small amount of AI used on the farm. Local Advisor is Enda McLoughlin.

DairyBeef 500 farmers

Peter O'Hanrahan, Thomastown | Richard Long, Ballymacarbry 

Peter O'Hanrahan

Peter O'Hanrahan

Having transitioned from a suckler enterprise to calf to beef production a number of years ago, Peter, who farms in partnership with his father Tom – has built numbers to increase output over recent years. From Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny the farm is 94ha with friesian steers and early-maturing steers and heifers. Aine Butler is his local Teagasc advisor.