For this week's Buildings Focus, Agriland made the trip to Ballingarry in Co. Tipperary to speak to Kevin Croke about his new 24-unit milking parlour. The
Back In Focus: Milking 80 cows through a brand new 20-unit parlour in Co. Tipperary
Part six of the ‘Back In Focus’ series sees us take a look back at a 20-unit herringbone parlour on the farm of Daniel Fennelly from Ballingarry, in Co. Tipperary, who has recently converted over to dairy farming.
Farming alongside his father, John, the duo milk a herd of 80 British Friesian cross Holstein cows – through a 20-unit herringbone milking parlour.
Up until two years ago, the father-and-son team operated a mixed enterprise of suckler cows and sheep.
Speaking to
AgriLand about the move to dairy farming, Daniel said: “There is a large block of land around the yard, so it was ideally set up to milk cows. There were some roadways in place already, so it was a smooth enough transition in that sense.