Japanese beef farmers over to visit the KEENAN factory and beef finishing farm in Co.Wexford. Good discussion around <16 month finishing and achieving market specs along with the InTouch system. Thanks to Farm Tours Ireland and @scobiekelly for their help.KEENAN Alltech Ireland

All welcome down to our farm next Tuesday the 28th of May to see how we manage our cows and system with our Lely Astronaut robots and ABC grazing platform👍 #teamdairy #grasstomilk

#AlltechIreland is proud to support Embrace FARM by hosting a 5k charity obstacle challenge on September 28. Embrace FARM provides a bereavement support service to Irish families who have suffered loss or serious injury in a farming accident. Register at bit.ly/2JYaLjr

“It’s the farmer not the farm system that determines profitability” Dr Sue Mackey addresses a packed audience at Alltech Ireland at #Patways2Profit meeting

Turned out a nice evening for body condition scoring customers cows in Offaly today 😎 These were dried off last week and are on the fatter side so controlling energy intakes a priority from now on as part of this farms dry cow program 🐄 #DryCow Alltech Ireland KEENAN

The dry cow period is your dairy herd's 'pre-season training' as it is the starting point of the upcoming lactation j.mp/34FL7YY

That’s the start of them now. Along with the return of the trusty “had a sheep lambing” excuse for being late to training #Lambing2020 #agcredible

80 litres of colostrum from local dairy farm all set and ready to go 👌 Not sure mam will be as impressed next time she goes to the freezer though 🙈 #LiquidGold #Lambing2020 #agcredible

A significant increase in grass growth is being predicted for the next 10 days 🌱🌱. InTouch customers, you have the option to link your Pasturebase account with your InTouch nutritionist. 📞📞059 9101320. Beat the drop in milk solids #Measure#Monitor#Manage🥛

Use #BEATTHEDROP & let us know your questions for our expert speakers. Why does a drop in butterfat happen? What can we do about it? Learn how to manage & maintain butterfat in early-mid lactation. Don't miss our live webinar this Thurs 8pm register now ➡️bit.ly/3dbthCN

First few happy customers in for a clip. Could be busy if the barbers don’t open soon! #AgCredible

“After the drought, we had to buy in a lot of silage, and we really wanted to have options around feeding this silage and other ingredients in the future"- Mark McCormack, Tipperary. Check out the full article on Agriland below👇🐄 #KEENAN #ProvenResults agriland.ie/farming-news/p…

Beet pitted back in the spring as an insurance against a drought really coming into its own the last 2.5 weeks on this customers farm. Only 6kg DM of grass available in the diet and cows still holding 2.1kg MS #drought20 Alltech Ireland KEENAN

2kg DM maize silage mixed with this customers zero grazing to make up for the drop in grass DM last week. Cows have held steady at 2kg MS (includes 50 autumn calvers) and milk urea controlled around 25mg compared to a big jump seen on many farms Alltech Ireland KEENAN

The latest article in our #ProvenResults series profiles Joe Maher and his uncles Peter and Tommy Comerford. The Comerford brothers are longstanding KEENAN customers, purchasing their 4th machine, an MF 380 in 2018. Read their story here: agriland.ie/farming-news/k… #ProvenResults

The first pillar of the Alltech dry cow program is👉Body Condition Score. InTouch Nutritionist Cathal Cassidy discusses the importance of BCS'ing dry cows and the ideal condition score these cows should be in this time of year. Watch more here➡️ bit.ly/3lXFxu2 #Dairy

The three most critical stages to monitor body condition score of cows are at: ➡️drying off⬅️ ➡️calving and ➡️breeding Learn more about this from Cathal Cassidy in his Irish Farmers Journal Farm Tech Talk interview this week.

Great Agri-Careers event DkIT with all speakers being past Sustainable Ag graduates covering Ag careers and getting the work-balance life right. An inspiration to us all DkIT Science @GlanbiaPlc Teagasc Alltech Ireland Kiernan Milling Jayne Smyth Cathal Cassidy

'Making Silage Sense' a series of webinars in conjunction with expert Dr Dave Davies from Silage Solutions, providing Northern Irish farmers with info on managing silage to maximise animal performance Webinar 1: Thurs Mar 25th 7.30pm 👉Register here bit.ly/3eTp5dW