Features

Milking machines and a whole lot more

10 Aug , 2016  

Between sister companies Electrical Dairy Services Ltd. and Electrical Generator & Pump Services Ltd., Tipperary man Gerard Cantwell has been providing farmers throughout the Munster and Leinster regions with a wide range of vital services for the best part of three decades. We visited his busy base in Thurles to find out more. Electrical Dairy […]

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Four generations and 100 years of dairy distinction

19 Jan , 2016  

Based in Coachford, County Cork, Murphy Family Dairy Farm is a progressive, fourth-generation enterprise that continues to go from strength to strength. We travelled to the heart of the Rebel County and met up with Donncha Murphy – who has plans to milk up to 150 cows in 2016 – to discuss the proud history […]

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‘Exciting times’ for dairy farmers, says O’Leary

3 Nov , 2015  

While welcoming the demise of EU milk quotas, IFA National Dairy Committee chairman and North Cork dairy farmer Sean O’Leary is urging dairy farmers to thread carefully and not to set unrealistic goals for themselves. March 31 last was a red-letter day for the country’s estimated 18,000 dairy farmers as it marked the lifting of […]

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Cookstown Dairy Services continue to deliver

9 Mar , 2015  

The farming industry and in particular dairying has changed greatly over the years as new milking systems have revolutionised the market. For the past 28 years, Cookstown Dairy Services Ltd. has been providing farmers with a quality service both north and south of the border. Operating from their head office in Ardee, Co. Louth, the […]

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