Integrated Dairy and Beef Farm: A Family-Run Excellence in Sustainability

Located near Moyne, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, brothers Richard and Paddy Daly demonstrate how integrated dairy and beef farming can be both profitable and environmentally responsible. They run a 220 cow spring-calving dairy herd, raising all their surplus calves to achieve the ultimate goal of supplying their cattle to ABP Food Group through their sustainability program, the Advantage Beef Programme.

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