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Irish Examiner
09-06-2025
- General
- Irish Examiner
Dermot's planning ahead to make best use of nutrient applications
Things are going well at the moment. Silage is cut. We are in week five of breeding. There are a few repeats, but there is nothing too concerning. One cow has not gone through bulling yet, she has been treated twice by a vet, so I have made the decision to get rid of this cow. We had to feed silage for a week. They were eating about 3kg/DM per day of silage at milking time. This allowed me to hold the rotation. We took out this silage from their diet on June 1. The silage we fed was bales that we had baled earlier in the year. I walked the farm on June 4. My farm cover is 689kg DM/ha. Cover per LU is at 159kg/DM. I have a good few paddocks of similar covers of about 1,000-1,200, which I hope to graze soon. This is why I am not too worried about being tight on grass. These few paddocks are after grass from fields that were cut for bales earlier in the year. I am keeping the cows on 4kg of ration in the parlour for now to try and stretch the grass for a few days. Hopefully, if growth picks up a bit, I might be able to drop the ration to 3kg. I am following the cows with about 20-22 units of 38% nitrogen and 7% sulphur. I am hoping to use around a unit a day. We cut our first-cut silage on May 21. We cut 21 acres of silage. I can graze my whole farm, which meant I grazed my silage ground back in the spring. I closed my silage ground around the first week of April. We got slurry put out on all the silage ground last week. It got around 2,500 gallons to the acre with the trailing shoe. Any of the silage ground that was cut for first-cut and will be cut again for second-cut will get a bag and a half of 38% nitrogen and 7% sulphur (NBPT-protected urea and Sulphur). I will wait about 10 days after spreading slurry before I will spread the fertiliser. I hope to spread the fertiliser this coming weekend if weather conditions are suitable. This would mean I will have around 75-80 units of nitrogen for my second cut silage For the fields that were cut already and will not be cut again, they also received 2,500 gallons of slurry. These fields will get about three-quarters of a bag of 38% nitrogen and 7% sulphur (NBPT-protected urea and sulphur). I reseeded a few paddocks on May 13. In the next week or so, I hope to top dress them with around 30 units of chemical nitrogen. I set one paddock with an intensive grazing mix from Barryroe Co-op. The other paddocks have been reseeded with red clover silage mix. I will spray Clovermax on my reseeds to protect the clover. Dermot and Linda Walsh are farming in Lislevane, Bandon, with their children Tadgh, Aoife, Maebh, and Eoin. They milk 84 cows and supply Barryroe Co-op. Read More Dry spring delivers quality silage but slows grass growth in Youghal
Business Wire
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Thales and Deloitte form Strategic Alliance to Help Enhance Data Protection and Governance Services
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Thales, the leading global technology and security provider, today announced a strategic alliance with Deloitte to deliver advanced, tailored cybersecurity services and solutions to organisations. Enhancing Data Protection and Governance Services Capabilities This alliance will combine Thales's advanced encryption and key management technologies with Deloitte's data protection, security consulting, and implementation knowledge. The collaboration provides organisations with a broad suite of services and solutions designed to help clients address the full spectrum of cloud security needs, tailored to their hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Meeting Evolving Data Security and Compliance Needs The data security landscape is rapidly changing. Technology disruptions, such as the use of generative AI, come with new threats to data confidentiality and integrity. In parallel, there are stringent data privacy regulations to contend with. The acceleration of digital transformation requires the evolution of cyber security strategies to mitigate inconsistent and insufficient policies of data access controls. According to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report, organisations that maintained compliance were significantly less likely to suffer data breaches. As compliance regulations continue to evolve, customers will be equipped to meet these challenges and thrive in a secure environment. By drawing from Thales's expertise and Deloitte's extensive experience in data protection and governance strategy, organisations can benefit from broad services and solutions designed to help clients address the complexities of modern cybersecurity and compliance landscapes. For Linda Walsh, Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP: 'By combining Deloitte's Data & Digital Trust Services that assist with client data security and governance challenges with Thales' cybersecurity solutions, we can provide broad and tailored security responses to our shared collaboration provides efficient integration and enhanced security across multi-cloud environments, helping clients drive innovation. Together, we can help organisations transform their cloud security to enhance the value of their cybersecurity programs.' By capitalising on existing strategic alliances with industry leaders in cloud services, Deloitte clients will have access to capabilities that help them achieve robust cloud data protection in various environments. This alliance will help create new business opportunities through incorporation in new and existing comprehensive transformation programmes. John Polly, Vice President, Channel & Alliances at Thales, added, 'This strategic alliance with Deloitte marks a significant milestone in our mission to help organisations secure their data and all paths to it ' According to our Cloud Security Report, cloud resources have become the biggest targets for cyber-attacks, with 44% of organisations having suffered a cloud data breach. By combining our cloud data security technologies with Deloitte's knowledge in Data & Digital Trust, we are poised to deliver innovative and robust strategies that help address the evolving compliance and security needs of our clients worldwide.' About Thales Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability, and inclusion. The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum, and cloud technologies. Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion. As used in this document, 'Deloitte' means Deloitte & Touche LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see for a detailed description of our legal structure. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Cybersecurity Solutions | Thales Group
