Person: Joe Sheehy

Joe Sheehy: How to cope with common cattle health problems

Despite the poor price for milk, herd health and nutrition cannot be neglected because the long term effects could be very serious.

Thu, 25 Feb, 2016

Joe Sheehy: Grass cuts feed cost and boosts milk protein

Grazed grass is the best and cheapest feed.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016

Joe Sheehy: Nothing more important than health and safety

Last year was one of the worst years ever for farm accidents, with over 30 deaths and thousands of serious accidents.

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Winter feed supplies looking fairly positive

This has been a fairly good year for growth and weather conditions in most parts of the country resulting in good supplies of winter feed on farms except in some wet areas. 

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Sensible family farmers will sail through milk price crisis

The farmer protests across Europe against low milk prices reached the island of Ireland when Northern Ireland farmers who fear they will go out of business drove their tractors to Stormont where the agriculture and rural development committee held a special meeting on the dairy crisis.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Sensible family farmers will sail through milk price crisis

The farmer protests across Europe against low milk prices reached the island of Ireland when Northern Ireland farmers who fear they will go out of business drove their tractors to Stormont where the agriculture and rural development committee held a special meeting on the dairy crisis.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Sensible family farmers will sail through milk price crisis

The farmer protests across Europe against low milk prices reached the island of Ireland when Northern Ireland farmers who fear they will go out of business drove their tractors to Stormont where the agriculture and rural development committee held a special meeting on the dairy crisis.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Replacement cost estimated at €1,545 each

As outlined at the recent Moorepark Open day, cow fertility is the biggest factor affecting the cost of replacements in dairy herds, and overall profitability.

Thu, 30 Jul, 2015

Paul Geaney grabs extra-time draw for Dingle

Milltown-Castlemaine 1-13 Dingle 1-13 (AET): There was stalemate in Milltown in this Kerry SFC first-round game as the hosts recovered from five points down with 15 minutes left of normal time, to claw themselves back into contention.

Mon, 25 May, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Most silages only mid to high 60s for DMD

This has been a fairly good year for grass growth but there have been some difficult grazing periods.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

Joe Sheehy: 40% AI-bred heifers offers massive potential

ICBF data shows a significant increase in AI dairy breeding over the past five or six years.

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Joe Sheehy: 93% of cows should show heat in 40 days

If cows are properly fed and free of problems, 93% should show heat within 40 days of calving.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Dairy Focus - Farmers can’t borrow heavily

Discussions and advice on dairy expansion and farm start-ups have become more realistic and conservative in the past few years.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Reseeding key to reaching 2020 growth targets

On average, only about 2.5% of good grassland is reseeded each year, while it should be at least four times this level (10%) to bring our national grass production up to what is required for reaching the 2020 targets for dairy and beef production.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Use slurry after early grazing, before closing

Slurry has become a very valuable product. If used correctly, it can enable a great saving in purchased fertiliser expenditure.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Planning your working day is essential

Teagasc surveys show that on average, dairy farmers work 12 hours per day in February and March, and some of them work up to 16 hours. 

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Why cows need concentrates for at least six weeks

It is very important to realise that the silage intake of cows drops off by 30-50%, in the four weeks coming up to calving.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2015

Joe Sheehy: Good things come from being positive

As in other walks of life, being positive is a very desirable characteristic in farmers, says Joe Sheehy.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2015

Skipper Brosnan back in contention for Kingdom

Kerry skipper Eoin Brosnan made a surprise return to competitive football for Dr Crokes yesterday, intensifying speculation he may be involved in Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Cork.

Mon, 01 Jul, 2013

Crokes cruise to three in-a-row

Dr Crokes 2-13 Dingle 0-08

Mon, 29 Oct, 2012

Dingle ready to end the great hunger

It’s been a long wait for Dingle to reach a county final.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

Kilcummin Rathmore stun South Kerry to book final date

Favourites South Kerry were shocked in Saturday’s Kerry U21 football championship semi-final by the impressive Kilcummin/Rathmore amalgamation (1-10 to 0-12).

Mon, 16 Jul, 2012

Powerful Dingle cruise it

Dingle 1-15 Gneeveguilla 0-9

Mon, 18 Jun, 2012

Crossbreeding here to stay

The findings are very positive, and crossbreeding is very much here to stay, says Frank Buckley of the Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, which has been involved for the past six years in evaluating the merits of crossbreeding with Jersey.

Thu, 08 Mar, 2012

THE National Council of the IFA is grappling with a major policy decision on fitting the Slaughter Premium into the reformed CAP. The Association has warned that beef finishers, and the country, could lose up to 40m per year, if the wrong decision is made.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2003