Shinagh Dairy Farm

15 Years of Progress and a 5-Year Vision for Shinagh Dairy Farm

Having been part of this project since its inception, reflecting on the past 15 years brings me immense pride. It has been a challenging, exciting, and educational journey. Together, we have successfully navigated multiple milestones: launching the operation, achieving financial viability, advancing environmental sustainability, upgrading our facilities, and now, making dairy farming an attractive career […]
1 September 2026

The History of Shinagh Dairy Farm

The EU Cap reform in 2008 signalled the removal of milk quotas from 2015 on. To prepare for this Ireland was allocated an extra 1 percent a year from 2009 to 2014 along with an ease of the butterfat quota. The Department of Agriculture allocated some of this national quota to Teagasc for them to […]
1 September 2026

Shinagh Dairy Farm: People, Pasture, Purpose – 15 Years Forging a Sustainable Future

Over the next 15 years, we are aiming to demonstrate dairy farming as an attractive career option for the next generation. That requires redesigning how we work: eliminating the spring drudgery and burnout through changing work practices, outsourcing farm machinery operation, and designing single-operator farmyards and streamlined routines. We are using Gurteen farm to show […]
1 September 2026

The Next Five Years at Shinagh

Over the past number of years, Shinagh Farm has become an important testing ground for the future of dairy farming in West Cork. For Carbery, the next five years will be about building on that foundation and increasing the impact of what we learn here. Our ambition is for Shinagh to continue to operate first […]
1 September 2026