Building better cows from Day 1 on a Limerick dairy farm

Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg does not happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie Sheehy, it starts with meticulous calf management, high-quality nutrition and investing heavily during the first 70 days of life. Patrick Sheehy and his daughter Valerie milk 100 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows near Ballingarry, Co. Limerick. It is a spring-calving, grass-based […] The post Building better cows from Day 1 on a Limerick dairy farm appeared first on Agriland.ie.