FAMILY FARM, BREAKDOWNS, NEW BULLS & A SAD GOODBYE. www.oneilldairyfarm.com 22/6/24

3 machinery breakdowns, new bulls, our pet died and Joe messed up the grass!!
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[@donalsleator9106]

Sorry about Ginger .I've lost two, the same way, in as many years. Cat is concentrating on its prey and road traffic increases in volume and speed. "Nature is red in tooth and claw" as the poet said. On a lighter note - summer is here ; school is over and many hands make light work (fun and games included). God bless the good work.

[@tpl8180]

Will u keep the fleckvieh heifers calves for replacement for your own herd or beef

[@user-dk3dk6eh9c]

Poor Ginger 🐱😢

[@andrewclohessy8228]

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[@PVAglue-fi4kc]

You'd recommend a deutz so!

[@michealdeering4194]

Plans for the farm for the next 5 years ?

[@celinegovern585]

What audio books are you listening to atm? RIP ginger

[@MarkGovern]

Poor Ginger. What’s the difference between Slurry and Silage?

[@ONeillDairyFarm]

One goes in the cow and one comes out 😂Silage is excess grass that’s cut in summer and kept under cover to ferment and eat when grass doesn’t grow over winter. Slurry is their poop that they made while indoors over the winter that drops down inbetween concrete floor slats into giant concrete storage tanks .

[@paulfinnan1984]

Wat ye goin to do wit them flex cross calves, milk them or sell them as beef cross calves ???

[@tpl8180]

Would u not be better of having double the cows and not keep on to your calves they must not be much money out of the beef calves bro keep on to them when there mothers are jex do they even pay to keep on to them

[@ONeillDairyFarm]

Your stocking rate allowed for cows is different to that of calves. We wouldn’t be able to double our cows without doubling our grazing platform acres which obviously isn’t possible. . Also they graze the out farm that the milking cows can’t get to. We’ve always had no problem selling our beef calves. They give less output at sale but they need less input costs so all evens out. If it wasn’t making money we wouldn’t be doing it.