Kiwi dairy insights at top Waterford farm

Farmers who attended the recent LIC Ireland Open Day at Cappagh, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, saw about 350 milkers on a 109-hectare home farm, 60% of which is heavy land, with a further 16-hectare support block, and 100 cows wintered off the farm on contract.

Pat and Pauline Ryan, in partnership with John Condon, milk the 350 predominantly KiwiCross cows.

Pat started in a partnership in 2006 with John Condon from Tallow, whereby both milk quotas were milked on Pat’s farm, and young stock are reared on John’s farm. John sold his stock in the spring of 2006 and bought a proportion of Pat’s herd.