Christopher Cahill

@JerryMoloney1 What is in total Diet Jerry? Intakes prob 23/24 kg DM for that production?

Second round 3 days away ….great to have good grub …maize /red clover and 1.5 kg 22% blend ,cows performing well 2.89kgms

@TrevorFarrell12 @MullinahoneCoop @CormacTagging Trevor. Changed when took over the farm here 5 years ago. Reckon if I have 1-2 missing tags in a year that’s it at an absolute push. Some years there’s none at all. Normally in a cow that’s 3-4th lactation on so they’ve had a bit of wear and tear too!

@finbarmcd @rayofoghlu Comparably good quality/value food - no. I don’t think i would be overstating by saying that Irish ag are adhering to the tightest food quality regs in the world!

@finbarmcd @rayofoghlu I assume when you mean fully free trade you are talking about importing from all over the world, and if it’s purely cost driven then that would likely be mercosar countries. It’s been proving that the same standards of food production do not exist there, so cheaper food - yes…

Don’t care for Larry Murrin, but the hypocrisy is stark. Irish ag imports ¾ of animal feed, exports food globally including a billion€ worth of low cost milkpowder to Africa made from palm oil from SE Asia grown with chemicals banned in Europe. A globalised system needs honesty

@finbarmcd @rayofoghlu The cost of food to the consumer would actually be much greater, therefore exacerbating the high food prices consumers are paying! (2/2)

@finbarmcd @rayofoghlu Hi Fionnbarra, Just a quick note so you are aware. The subsidies that you speak of (CAP primarily) were introduced to keep the cost of food low, in many cases below or at cost of production. Without those subsidies, and if farmers were paid a fair market price for their food(1/2)

@Williecarroll37 Are you rearing them on that the whole way through Willie or do they go onto auto-feeder/group feeders etc

3rd yr raring young calfs on these has really taking the work load of feeding young calves. Feed once by bottle and then stick them on these and walk away. 👌

@2pintpaddy @MunsterBovine @MullinahoneCoop @HerdPlus With high levels of concentrates and silage and that is a bigger upset to the cows diet at that time compared to now or early Feb! Agree the transition from calving to milking has to be right too! 6 years working as a nutritionist and it was one of the biggest issues I saw around

@2pintpaddy @MunsterBovine @MullinahoneCoop @HerdPlus I agree with you that you are certainly not the only one doing it, and they are countrywide. I just feel the way the last few springs have gone that people who are grazing too early seem to be running tight on grass around end march beginning of April and having to go back in…

Getting back into the old routine , feeding and registering and tagging calfs 🙂 #Calving2026 @MunsterBovine @MullinahoneCoop @HerdPlus

And that’s a wrap! Last of the cows dried off and officially on their holidays! Looking forward to a few weeks of quit(er) time before the madness kicks off again. 4 years done as a dairy farmer. 2025 will be remembered as one of the better ones! #dairyfarming @IrishGrassland

@JonathanParke87 Any issues with mastitis on that bedding system? Or do you to anything abnormal to avoid it? What m2 would you allocate per animal on a bedding system like that?

@ChristopherCah We use shavings and sawdust to bed cows

Comfy cows after lunch time milking🐄

@bryanjdaniels Serious results Bryan! We will need a lot more luck here next year to try keep up with those results!

Its better to be lucky then good. 3.2% empty after 5 weeks ai and 5 weeks of stock bulls. 69% to 1st ser

@kiltullaghfarm What sort of stone is that Fran and where can it be got?

The rain has some of the cow roads gone to nothing so it’s time for some upgrading

@ashleighfen Make a fine strainer post 😂

11,000 tonnes and zero plan. Who could have seen this coming 🤦🏼 What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades? share.google/73dwWl5rdzVi4D…

@2pintpaddy @MunsterBovine Completely agree ur point on quality silage. Never a load to carry! certainly helps production. equally when you look at grass production curve, on average 2nd round are closer to 10-20th April rather than 1st week April. So calving season should be delayed to suit in my opinion!

@ChristopherCah @MunsterBovine The simple answer to that christopher, is to make better silage going forward 👍 and also depends on the year , u cud be feeding alot of silage in feb and March as well.

My AI Technician Con O Driscoll from Munster Bovine serving my first cow of 2025 , this morning 🙂🐄🐄 @MunsterBovine #BreedingSeason2025 #WestCork🇮🇪🐄

@chakilleen New bit of ground @chakilleen ? Or for better access?

That’s one man very happy to see a new cow road going in.

@bryanjdaniels Do you find the oversowing works on silage swards Brian? Often thought of doing it but would the existing sward not shadow the new seeds out?

Living the dream today😎 Out over sowing some silage ground to have quality feed for next spring💪