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.

Linda O’Neill meets farmers bringing Irish and New Zealand grazing methods to the US dairy industry

EXCHANGING the volcanic soils of New Zealand for the muddy Irish winter, cowgirls Linda O’Neill and Esther Walsh will bring new skills from Down Under when they return to Irish farming.