Kildare LEO<\/a>, Jacqui McNabb has been brilliant. We\u2019ve had everything from business expansion, grants to mentoring, being training to website development,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen the Brexit vote was announced that kicked the Hennesseys in to action, most of their minerals were sourced from the UK so they decided to expand the business and build their own manufacturing plant on the family farm at Moone, in Co Kildare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This also prompted them to upgrade their technology and they built their own fully automated system, which can be controlled on a mobile or tablet interface. It reduces the stress out of reordering, calculating minerals and manual labour for the farmers keeping their livestock healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing that will have an impact on their business this year is the loss of the annual ploughing championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The ploughing championships has always been a huge event for us,” explains Hennessey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It gives us a chance to meet up with our existing clients because they all drop in for quick chat,” he continues. “It gives us a chance to meet new clients as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\u2019d always get a significant amount of new business from the Ploughing Championships, it\u2019s certainly something that will be missed this year,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTerra NutriTECH mineral storage tanks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe business is not only looking to step into new markets, but they also have several research projects and trails on the go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One trial which is just finishing up, with the product due to launch in four weeks\u2019 time, is adding the minerals directly to the feed. In larger farms the feed is mixed and distributed via a feeder wagon, the new system will spray the minerals over the feed as it is mixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other research projects they are getting involved in are the use of seaweed in the animals diet to reduce methane and real-time data during the milking process to calculate the levels of calcium, magnesium and iodine in the milk in order to target mineral consumption in herds more accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Everything has been delayed probably by six months because people weren\u2019t in offices,” he says, “it was hard to get deals across the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve seen a big difference there in the last two weeks, from both research and the International side,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think people have realised they need to start living with Covid. It\u2019s been here for a while and we\u2019ve got businesses back on track,” he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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