Farm Profile

Location: Ballyhaise, Co.Cavan

Area: 58 ha (effective)

Milking Cows: 144 cows (subject to scientific requirements) spring calving herd with moderate feed inputs of 800kg of meal per cow. The Ballyhaise herd is made up of 70 pure Friesian cows and 70 Jersey Friesian crossbred.  

System: 144 cows (subject to scientific requirements) spring calving herd with moderate feed inputs of 800kg of meal per cow. The Ballyhaise herd is made up of 70 pure Friesian cows and 70 Jersey Friesian crossbred.  

Soil Type: A mixture of acid brown earths, gleys and alluvial soils.

Paddocks: 63

Dairy Infrastructure:

• 12 unit herringbone parlour with automatic cow ID, automatic cluster removers, daily electronic milk recording and sampling, in parlour feeding, milking behaviour recording, weighing and drafting facilities.
• 80 cow winter housing shed and 960,000 litre over ground slurry store.
• An additional cubicle shed was built in 2019 which has 100 cubicles and a large group calving area
• Heifer accommodation (35 cubicles) and calf sheds fpr 7 calves.
• One bridge crossing the Annalee river, providing access to part of the dairy block.
• Network of farm roadways.