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KEENAN has had its diet feeder certified as climate-friendly and proven to reduce methane emissions.

The world-renowned Carbon Trust has awarded certification to Keenan, for its diet feeder. This is the first time a diet feeder has been awarded such a certification.

KEENAN – a well-known company with a manufacturing site in Co. Carlow – has become the “first manufacturer of diet feeders to be accredited by the Carbon Trust”.

Keenan continues to invest and develop its business for the Irish and international market. Since its acquisition by Alltech just over two years ago, Keenan has seen a range of major investments by the Lyons family into its diet feeder manufacturing business.

The autumn-calving dairy herd on UCD’s Lyons Research Farm is currently being fed a mix of maize and grass silage; beet pulp; and soya. Farm manager Eddie Jordan has been asked: ‘Is the operator of the Keenan feeder filling it with a spoon?’

The figures for finishing beef at the Kepak farm in Co Meath are certainly impressive. Situated less than 15 minutes from the Kepak factory in Clonee, Co Meath, the farm was first purchased in the early 1980s by group founder Noel Keating.