The first round of the Star Sports/TRC English Derby dominated the week s racing across the pond. Forty five Irish dogs made the trip to Towcester trying to def.
Pictured above is: Susie Chaperal after winning an A3 sweepstake in Newbridge on Friday with members of the twenty-eight-eighty-two syndicate, Ian Mcloughlin Ki.
With the busy calving season on dairy farms winding down,
AgriLand got the chance to check out a brand new calf housing facility on a 180-cow farm in Co. Limerick during the week.
The new calf house – which can house up to 150 calves (30 in each pen) currently but could hold up to 300 when all pens are set up – is on the farm of Pierce Breen from Oola who farms alongside his father Liam and mother Carmel.
The Limerick-native, like many other dairy farmers across the country, decided it was time to upgrade on the current calf housing facilities that were already on the farm.