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Supporting Farm Labour for Long-Term Success
Supporting Farm Labour for Long-Term Success
Over 50% of all dairy farms in Ireland rely on some level of hired labour, be that seasonal or full times hires, writes Daire Cregg of Irish Farmers Journal.
Daire notes the importance of proper support for farm help, particularly during this busy season. Good working conditions can help to facilitate long term success for your farm. Life could be made easier and safer on the farm for all by upgrading farm infrastructure or even investing in machinery.
If you have been thinking about investing in your farm to improve safety, efficiency and success, our Cultivate loan can help you.
The Cultivate loan has helped farmers around the country improve their farm infrastructure, and even diversify farm operations.
The Smith brothers, Andrew and Aodhagon, wanted to try something different, and are now selling their own milk to customers direct from the farm via milk vending machines on their farm.
"Without the Cultivate loan, we wouldn't have been able to do what we wanted to do in changing the genetics of the herd"
"The Cultivate loan has made life a bit easier".
Watch their full video below.
