Lakeland Dairies/Teagasc Joint Programme Winter Milk On-Farm Event

A Lakeland Dairies/Teagasc Joint Programme Winter Milk On-Farm Event will take place on Wednesday, 18 November at 11:30am on the farm of Neville & Lee Irwin, Feragh, Co. Monaghan, H18 DX46.

Neville and Lee are currently a split calving herd based in Co. Monaghan. The father and son duo work out of two yards, calving approximately 80 cows with a third of them calving in Autumn.

Join us on the Irwin’s farm to hear how they manage the workload and challenges of farming between the two yards while being in the top 5% of suppliers for Kgs Milk solids/cow.

Topics to be covered:

• Farm Introduction
• Key performance indicators – what you need to be looking at
• Driving performance with correct nutrition
• Are you achieving your breeding goals? – Where to start
• Managing costs – control the controllables