tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

Family man 1 wife 4 kids used to be a monitor farmer nowadays just an ordinary dairy farmer Kilkenny, Ireland Joined May 2015

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

3 weeks ago

Growth crashed down to 21 this week and dropping so cows going on the old 6kg nuts , 6kgdm silage and grass Cows seem happy enough but braking records for laziness

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Stock Bulls with Heifers this year scanning results 85% held to first service and 1 empty. Really happy with that. Grass is starting to struggle again with ground getting very dry. Cow production holding very steady at just over 2.3 kgms.

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

2 months ago

Feeding silage but hopefully a short term measure. Breeding season over and production going well at 2.37kgms. A few cases of mastitis in the last few weeks

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

2 months ago

Feeding silage but hopefully a short term measure. Breeding season over and production going well at 2.37kgms. A few cases of mastitis in the last few weeks and a climbing cell count

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

3 months ago

Silage pitted on the 23 may … got rain to keep the grass growing… a few more repeats than I would like but acceptable… cows milking very well at 2.55 kgms . All in all so far so good for 2025

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

4 months ago

Knock knock. A little bit of surplus grass down, sun shining, cows milking well at just over 2.6 kgms. That will do.

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

5 months ago

Cows starting the second round of the farm tonight. Still getting some silage and 7 kilos of nuts a day in the parlour which they are struggling to eat these days. Production is good ,getting close to 2.8 kgms

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

5 months ago

Unfortunately lost 2 cows today sometimes you do your best but they still find ways to die. Grass coming along nicely on the second round and production going well staying over the 2:65 kgms

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

6 months ago

At least the cow’s can enjoy a Saturday night out . A very welcome bit of normality this spring with cow’s tipping away at around the 2.5 kgms

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

9 months ago

All cows are dried off and the holiday season can begin on farm . I found it a difficult farming year made easier by a good backend. Production was back but should still shade over 600 kgms Herd fertility was fine , my intention is to milk a few less cows next year

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

10 months ago

Eventually got around to restoring the old roadside farm wall .A local stonemason did the front and my 18 year old son did the back. 8 weeks of work and hopefully it will last a lifetime.

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

10 months ago

First night in for the Cows they should hopefully get another 20 grazings out by day. After a tough year it’s been a pretty good October. Production holding well at 1.93 kgms

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

11 months ago

With limited amounts of grass and lots of rain on the way it really has the feel of an early winter but that’s no surprise considering I’m feeding silage for 6 weeks at this stage. On the plus side production going nicely for the time of year at around 2 kgms

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

Amazing to think we still haven’t got enough rain in North Kilkenny with growth rates in the thirties for over 5 weeks grass and fodder stocks are poor. Cows are milking well at 2.1 kgms but I decided to put the culls in on once a day milking to try an fatten them up .

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

Hard to believe we still need a lot more rain in these parts but I’m afraid we are not going to get it . Cows on 6 kgs silage 5 kg nuts and the rest grass . Farm cover around 500 with growth starting to recover . Production going okay staying over 2 kgms

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Tom Phelan @tomphelan01

a year ago

Hi folks, In-calf heifers for sale All feb 2023 born Some In calf to sexed semen, rest conventional ai Dam yields in excess of 600 kgs/ms Ebi's up to €290 Buyer will have pick of the bunch Vac'd for lepto/ibr TB free for the last 8 years Dm for catalogue👍 Rt's appreciated

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

Feeding back to 4 from 5 kgs of nuts , grass getting back to some degree of normal. Production very good at 2.4kgms .

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

A lot of nuts 6 kg ….. a little silage and what grass I can find is feeding the cows at the moment. Milking well at 2.27 kgms and hopefully a lot of them incalf at this stage.

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

Heaters on , mowing silage. It sure is a messed up year

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tom walsh @tommywalsh1010

a year ago

Cows eating some pre mowed grass ,that had a cover of around 1700 . A little strong but okay. Production at 2.34kgms and a few to many repeats but doing our best