Teagasc’s recent open day on large herd management drew up to 3,000 milk producers to the Browne family farm at Knocknagappagh, Killeagh, in East Cork.

A VERY good year, indeed, is the consensus on 2004 rural property sales.

IRISH livestock breeders are ready for the new farming era, said Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association president, John Deegan, at last Sunday’s AIB National Livestock Show in Tullamore.