The Irish Dairy Farm Supplies Checklist
Full season-by-season list: feed, bedding, minerals, milking consumables. Print it and tick it off.
No affiliate hype. What to ask for, what it should cost, and which Irish suppliers actually stock it. Pick a category below.
Concentrates, rations, minerals, forage — what you should know before you order a bulk tonne.
Full season-by-season list: feed, bedding, minerals, milking consumables. Print it and tick it off.
Copper, iodine, cobalt, selenium — what to bolus for, when to do it, and where Irish farmers buy.
Certified organic feed, seed and inputs. Suppliers that ship nationwide and what to ask for.
Electric, barbed, sheep, deer. What gauge, what spacing, what it costs per metre in 2026.
2026 price-per-roll data from the main Irish merchants, plus the trade-off between cheap and cheap-to-run.
Who still stocks proper dip, plunge vs. shower, and licencing rules for Irish farmers in 2026.
Galway-specific: merchants, co-ops, hardware yards that west-of-Ireland farmers rate.
Vaccines, dosers, wormers, bolus guns. Prescription rules, storage, what to keep on the shelf.
What a working Irish farm should have stocked, with VMP/VRP rules and the main Irish suppliers.
Active ingredients that work in Irish conditions and the merchants who still stock them.
Six questions to ask before you open a merchant account. Saves you the painful switch later.
Grass mixes, reseed timing, CAN vs. urea, lime spreading. Irish-specific pricing and who to ring.
Lower-input inputs: protected urea, clover mixes, biostimulants, Irish-made compost and biochar.
Cert-approved products, derogation rules and national suppliers that deliver to Irish addresses.
When to reseed, which mixes Irish dairy farms actually plant, and budget per acre for 2026.
Small kit, hand tools, quads, tractor attachments, contractor machinery. Hire, buy, or share-a-tractor.
Under-20-acre kit list: mowers, topper, quad, basic handling. Irish dealers for compact tractors.
Crunch: contractor rates, lease vs. PCP vs. outright, and when it actually pays to own in Ireland.
Warranty, parts lead-times, service loaners — what separates a great dealer from an awkward one.
Milking parlour consumables, detergents, teat care, bulk tank — the stuff that runs out on a Friday evening.
Parlour, calving, weaning, grass — one printable list per season. Built for Irish spring-calving herds.
Pre-dip vs. post-dip, iodine vs. chlorhexidine, dry cow therapy rules — plus Irish suppliers.
Protected urea, clover swards, LESS slurry application kit — what's funded under Irish schemes.
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