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Michael Carbery, Head of Innovation and Development Programmes with Keenan (Alltech Farming Solutions Ltd) in Borris, Carlow has been appointed Chair of Engineering the South East.

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?’