Consistently achieving grass growth targets of 14 – 15t DM/ha/year is top priority for David Hunter, who runs an 80 cow, spring calving dairy herd near Newtownstewart, County Tyrone. David farms in partnership with his father John and next week he will host visitors to his farm on Thursday 14th September as one of the three AgriSearch & AFBI ‘Dairy Innovation in Practice’ Roadshow events.
After finishing his agriculture studies in 2011, David became a new entrant to dairying by converting the 40ha farm from a suckler beef and cropping business in 2012. The herd now consists of 80 Holstein...