Expansion Review O’ Donnell Dairy Farm Cow and Heifer Numbers Cash left to Pay: Labour,loans,tax,pension,&capital Key Facts 800feet above sea level Milking 81 cows ha total area 36.6ha milking area 8 unit milking parlour Heifer contract reared Machinery work contracted Farm Expenditure Lessons Learned – Expansion Young stock numbers increase Need facilities for young stock Reseeding priority Need good plenty of roadways Plan your expenditure Focus on bulk purchase Reaching targets a challenge with more stock Money spent €

Current Farm Updates Milk solids/cow Milk solids/ha EBI (fertility sub index)100(82)125(59) Start date of calving11-Feb9-Feb 6 week calving rate67%79% Not In Calf %10%7.5% Herd Predicted 6 wk calving rate % Soil Fertility Milk production & Fertility Update Grass Grown 2011 and 2012 Cows out day&night from calving 3kg meal fed/day avg. (Feb-Aug) Fed 110 round bales except Jun Housed 20 days & 9 nights 27 days of on /off grazing Fertiliser was kept up to date Heifers bred indoors 2 wks in May Cut silage 12th June Bought 200 round bales in June Average Farm Cover Stocking Rate Cover/Cow Growth Rate Meal Silage Milk Kgs/cow Protein (%) Fat (%) SCC Today’s Farm Update 2012 Management Rainfall

Key Facts 800feet above sea level 53.77ha total area 36.57ha milking area 8 unit milking parlour Heifer contract reared Machinery work contracted Current Yard Slurry Storage 475m³ /90 cows 78 cubicles 100 feet of feed space Poor cow flow in collecting yard No cow drafting facility 8 unit Milking parlour (3hrs/day) Milk storage limited at peak Proposed Development Slurry storage for 100 cows, yrs yrs Better cow flow to parlour Reduced silage pit area Existing Yard & Proposed

Drainage problems Test pits (at least 2.5m deep) Soil texture & structure Water movement (transmit or retain) Rooting depth, cracking Depth/Thickness of various layers Groundwater Drainage System Impermeable soils Conventional or deep pipe drains: If a soil layer will transmit water If excess water can percolate to watertable. Drain spacing dependent on hydraulic properties of drainage layer. Mole drain or gravel mole drain: Aim to fracture and crack the soil Dependent on: Soil type Implement used Weather conditions In tandem with collector drains