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Former suckler farmer now turned to a dairy calf to beef system/with some contract rearing. Married with two kids

North Tipperary, Ireland
Joined January 2012
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It’s too early to be flailing hedges imo but this machine (belonging to my in laws) is very handy for cutting back the strong briars that sap current out of the our electric fencer and take over laneways
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3 generations out moving some stock on a bitter cold evening
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They are expensive to keep but some days they are fair handy 😁🤣
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Farm plastic recycling done for 2026, a job that has to be done but I was absolutely floored by the cost of it this year 🧐
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Our last bit of silage for 2026, this burned up fiercely in the drought but it came roaring back, should make nice stuff
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Sunday morning checks with a bundle of incalf crossbred heifers, this was a yellow desert a few weeks ago, great to see it green again 👍🐮
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Fodder rape sown 3 weeks and is starting to motor on now, aim to be grazing this in November
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Miss.8 bought herself a rebounder (with her own money) to hone her camogie skills 😊 @camogietipp had better get ready for her 😁
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Fodder rape starting to fill out, lots of plants still germinating. Sown 17 days and just finished top dressing it with some 18-6-12
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During a routine run up the crush, this incalf heifer drove up under the heifer in front of her, that heifer stepped back onto her front leg and broke the metacarpal bone. Vet thought given the position of the break & no broken skin, it was worth casting and hoping it will knit
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One of the great things about farming is you never know what you will get to chance your arm at tomorrow 🤣🤣. I had the owners full consent btw👍
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Grass glorious grass!! 😁 only about 12 acres looks like this the rest is still only beginning to recover but it’s great to see it 👍👍💪
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Sown 72 hours and the seed is starting to germinate, it was very late in the year going in so I’m delighted to see it’s off to a quick start 👍😁
A lot later than anticipated we are getting seed in this ground before the forecasted &long overdue rain. Sowing a brassica for grazing to hopefully help our depleted stock of winter fodder. Very grateful for a great contractor and to have 3 generations of Hogans making it happen
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Seed rolled in and the field is fenced with high tensile wire, almost there now 💪👍
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Seed going in to another few acres that was growing mostly rushes, thistles and scutch grass. Brassica going in now, followed by grass next spring
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A lot later than anticipated we are getting seed in this ground before the forecasted &long overdue rain. Sowing a brassica for grazing to hopefully help our depleted stock of winter fodder. Very grateful for a great contractor and to have 3 generations of Hogans making it happen
Few hours spent this evening limbing some birch trees in the next piece of ground we will reseed. These trees were growing out of a bank of a drain & had no deep roots to hold them during a storm. Had Great help making piles of the tops. This timber will heat our home next year
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I was off making paddocks for heifers, left Gus minding the kids at the top of the field, came back to find them building a house around him 😁 hard to beat a a rural childhood 😉
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First couple of groups of contract heifers scanned, 97% incalf and 90% of those will calve in February. Given the challenging year it’s been, I’ll take that
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I promise I’ll never complain about rain again…. Nah ill never keep to that promise 😁
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Too hot to farm so we made some Pinhole projectors ready for the solar eclipse instead #solareclipse
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Summer 2026 ……
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