Smart technology is giving dairy farmers greater work-life balance
Teagasc is advising Irish dairy farmers how to reduce the 63.5 hours per week during February and March, found in Teagasc surveys. The more labour-efficient farmers do 51.2 hours, the least efficient 70 hours.
Automatic cluster removers, slurry contractors, automatic calf feeders, drafting facilities, and automatic heat detection, are all on the dairy farmer's Santa list.
They were the choices of about 150 farmers who availed of the opportunity at the Moorepark Open Day earlier in the year to drop a hint of what they wanted for Christmas.
