Farmer opens up new possibilities with device to speed up milking

GrazeMate Drover won the NPA/Toplink Innovation Award at the Ploughing Championships for farmer-inventor Neilus Murphy from Coolagown, near Fermoy, Co Cork.

Tue, 01 Oct, 2013 - 01:00

Stephen Cadogan

A mobile phone text message sent to this battery-powered unit opens and closes a barrier fence on demand.

It does away with the time-consuming task of following the herd back to pasture after milking, to secure them.

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Farming News Place: Coolagown Place: Fermoy Place: Co Cork Place: Ireland Person: Neilus Murphy Person: Neilus Person: Neilus’Event: Ploughing Championships Organisation: GrazeMate Organisation: Avondhu Blackwater Organisation: North Cork Enterprise Board Organisation: Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Organisation: PLAS Consulting Engineers

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