National Dairy Conference Proceedings 2009

National Dairy Conference Proceedings 2009

Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Location: The Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

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Contents

Session 1 – Time for Action in Irish Dairy Industry

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  Stan McCarthy, CEO Kerry Group Plc
• How the Irish Processing Sector Compares
  Liam O’Neill
• How New Zealand Dairy Farmers Influence their Processors
  Barbara Kuriger
• Flourishing in turbulent times
  Louis Kurriger

Session 2 – Managing Cash and Grass

• Pushing the Barriers on Milk Costs/Outputs
  Laurence Shalloo
• Supporting each other to achieve
  Fanesiders Dairy Discussion Group
• Supporting each other to achieve
  Currow/Firies/Scartaglen (C.F.S.) Discussion Group

Session 3 -New Technologies Supporting Farmers’ Income – 1

• Grass Roots Project 2008 – 2010
  Abigail Ryan
• Spring Rotation Planner
  Sean McCarthy and James Moyles
• Farmers using grass budgeting to utilise more grass
  Grainne Hurley
• Poaching : how to avoid it and how to fix it
  Adrian van Bysterveldt
• Evaluating the economic performance of grass varieties
  Mary McEvoy, Michael O’Donovan and Laurence Shalloo

Session 4 -New Technologies Supporting Farmers’ Income – 2

• Grass : a greener alternative
  Matthew Deighton, Laurence Shalloo, Donal O’Brien, Brendan O’Neill, Blathnaid O’Loughlin, Eva Lewis and Michael O’Donovan
• Crossbreeding: Is it more profitable?
  Frank Buckley
• Working smarter not harder to improve milking performance
  Jenny Jago
• Disease risk analysis in the control of costly infectious diseases
  Riona Sayers