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Biggest dairy farm/herd in Ireland

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    #32
    farmerdave1
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    The biggest farmer in ireland isTom Browne from youghal co cork he milks 700 cows


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    #33
    LostCovey
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    farmerdave1 wrote: »
    The biggest farmer in ireland isTom Browne from youghal co cork he milks 700 cows

    Wecome to boards.ie farmerdave1 !

    LostCovey


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    #34
    whelan1
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    farmerdave1 wrote: »
    The biggest farmer in ireland isTom Browne from youghal co cork he milks 700 cows
    and is he over quota or under quota:)


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    #35
    pakalasa
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    farmerdave1 wrote: »
    The biggest farmer in ireland isTom Browne from youghal co cork he milks 700 cows

    That's the guy that was featured on 'A Year On the land'. That's one farm walk I wouldn't mind going on.
    http://www.ayearontheland.com/2011/01/11/tom-browne/


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    #36
    MFdaveIreland
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    Big write up about tom browne on the ifj website. worth a read
    grown Up to 820 cows now, some set up


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    #37
    farmerjj
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    He was at 700 plus 4years ago when this thread started so what's and couple of hundred to someone that size


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    #38
    lakill Farm
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    farmerjj wrote: »
    He was at 700 plus 4years ago when this thread started so what's and couple of hundred to someone that size

    they have a twitter account and face the same challenges are most other dairy farmers


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    #39
    onyerbikepat
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    http://www.farmersjournal.ie/in-pictures-calving-on-a-cork-farm-with-830-cows-172784/

    A link a day keeps the doctor away - :rolleyes:


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    darragh_haven
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    I presume Browne is the biggest in the Republic and probably the biggest grazing unit in all of irelanf. I've been on one farm in NI with over 1100 cows but they are housed all year round. And have have heard of 3 or 4 others with 1000+


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    #41
    MFdaveIreland
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    farmerjj wrote: »
    He was at 700 plus 4years ago when this thread started so what's and couple of hundred to someone that size
    effectively another average sized herd!
    @onyerbikepat, my apologies.. haha


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    Charliebull
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    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    http://www.farmersjournal.ie/in-pictures-calving-on-a-cork-farm-with-830-cows-172784/

    A link a day keeps the doctor away - :rolleyes:

    if only a man could sneak a few of the CH bull calves in there for a few weeks,
    be as good a as a bin of meal


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    #43
    onyerbikepat
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    He'd want a few of these;

    848651.jpg


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    #44
    grazeaway
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    darragh_haven wrote: »
    I presume Browne is the biggest in the Republic and probably the biggest grazing unit in all of irelanf. I've been on one farm in NI with over 1100 cows but they are housed all year round. And have have heard of 3 or 4 others with 1000+

    There is a family that will be knocking on 1000 near midleton. Split into 3 herds across nearby farms. Know a few lads up that way and they say it's a great setup. One lad can milk 300 cows and be cleaned up in 90 mins. They wouldn't be as big into the media as brown so probably not as well known outside the area.


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    #45
    freedominacup
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    grazeaway wrote: »
    There is a family that will be knocking on 1000 near midleton. Split into 3 herds across nearby farms. Know a few lads up that way and they say it's a great setup. One lad can milk 300 cows and be cleaned up in 90 mins. They wouldn't be as big into the media as brown so probably not as well known outside the area.

    Neighbours here would be running substantially more than this but in beef. Factory related though.


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    #46
    RightTurnClyde
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    Less than a mile from me there is a 300 and 500 cow herd beside each other and a setup for 600 going in beside them ( to start in '16 with 300...I think a few on Twitter might know about that one)

    Edit: 3 yrs ago there was only 200 cows on 1 of those farms..other 2 were ploughef)


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    #47
    keep going
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    Just for the fun of it whos got the smallest herd, I k now of one lad milking around 15 or 16.


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    #48
    Greengrass1
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    keep going wrote: »
    Just for the fun of it whos got the smallest herd, I k now of one lad milking around 15 or 16.

    Local lad here milking 18 cow .
    Happy out


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    #49
    Miname
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    theres a lad up north milking 3 cows, hes organic.


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    #50
    Deepsouthwest
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    Miname wrote: »
    theres a lad up north milking 3 cows, hes organic.

    Sounds like we could have a winner! Although for someone to come in and say they have a cow for the house!


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    #51
    visatorro
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    family around here going to milk 1100. nine labour units. great men to work in all fairness.
    i know a fella bought stuff off me last October. he had sold his 25 suckler cows and had 25 fr heifers bought. he wasn't goin expanding after that. himself and his son work off farm.


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    #52
    grazeaway
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    Was milking one cow for a few weeks last year late calver, calf got sick and she had too much milk so to stop her getting mastitis I had to get out the 3 legged stool. No way would she let another calf drink her but she was fine to be milked by hand.


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    Jimlh86
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    What would the opinion be on this, 30 acres, good land, in one block no dairy facilities in place with very little housing. Could a lad set up and milk a few cows but not have massive overheads? This is just curiosity at the moment so don't jump down my neck!!!!


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    #54
    grazeaway
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    Jimlh86 wrote: »
    What would the opinion be on this, 30 acres, good land, in one block no dairy facilities in place with very little housing. Could a lad set up and milk a few cows but not have massive overheads? This is just curiosity at the moment so don't jump down my neck!!!!

    Lot of work in milking cows no matter how few you have as they need to be done twice a day. Most fellas match the parlour size to the number of cows so even a small herd and parlour will still need an hour or more twice a day. You ll need to weight up the amount of work needed versus what you give as I assume you are working off site.


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    #55
    Jimlh86
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    grazeaway wrote: »
    Lot of work in milking cows no matter how few you have as they need to be done twice a day. Most fellas match the parlour size to the number of cows so even a small herd and parlour will still need an hour or more twice a day. You ll need to weight up the amount of work needed versus what you give as I assume you are working off site.

    Yeah I'm working off site, ah it's only a thought for down the line maybe, I've very little dairy experience but I'm not one for letting common sense get in the way of my plans!


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    #56
    Pacoa
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    What would the opinion be on this, 30 acres, good land, in one block no dairy facilities in place with very little housing. Could a lad set up and milk a few cows but not have massive overheads? This is just curiosity at the moment so don't jump down my neck!!!!

    Sure all you need is a setup like this :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxK93woWvo


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    #57
    larrymiller
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    keep going wrote: »
    Just for the fun of it whos got the smallest herd, I k now of one lad milking around 15 or 16.

    I've a friend. Who milks ten. But it gets better.
    No land at the parlour so only winter milk fed silage and fodder beet. And the parlour is 2 stables with 2 units.


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    #58
    kowtow
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    We'll milk a dozen this year. Two dozen when we reach full capacity (our contribution to Food Harvest 2020)..


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    #59
    einn32
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    Know a fella milking two. Drives a trailed bulk tank on a single axle out the front of house for milk truck.


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    #60
    farmerjj
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    Jimlh86 wrote: »
    What would the opinion be on this, 30 acres, good land, in one block no dairy facilities in place with very little housing. Could a lad set up and milk a few cows but not have massive overheads? This is just curiosity at the moment so don't jump down my neck!!!!
    Seriously. No is the simple answer.


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    Deepsouthwest
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    Jimlh86 wrote: »
    What would the opinion be on this, 30 acres, good land, in one block no dairy facilities in place with very little housing. Could a lad set up and milk a few cows but not have massive overheads? This is just curiosity at the moment so don't jump down my neck!!!!

    As a business it won't make u rich, but it could be quite a lucrative hobby, and I'm serious about that. If u love farming/cows and have the time then of course it's a runner, it won't pay the mortgage, but it could pay for a lot of the smaller stuff.


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