Once A Day Milking

Presentations

2020 OAD Conference – January 15th 

• Farmers perspective – Milking 800 cows once a day in two herds  (PDF) – Keith Davis, Gloucestershire, UK
• Physical and financial performance of Irish once a day dairy farmers in 2019 (PDF)- Brian Hilliard, Teagasc
• Results of year one of the Once a Day dairy herd trial at Teagasc Moorepark (PDF)- Emer Kennedy, Teagasc
• Farmer perspective – Making the decision to go once a day, current performance and future plans for their 125 cow crossbred herd in Tipperary (PDF) – Catherine & Liam Millerick
• Deciding on twice daily, once a day or robotic milk production systems – economic, lifestyle and financial outcomes (PDF) Patrick Gowing, Teagasc 

2019 OAD Conference

• Managing a large OAD herd – Declan & Louise White(PDF)
• Hilltop Dairies – Ed Payne (PDF)
• Transitioning to OAD, Year 1 of a Case Study Farm – George Ramsbottom & Brian Hilliard (PDF)
• 10 Seasons OAD – Gillian & Neil O’Sullivan (PDF)
• Nutrition Issues for OAD Milking Herds – Joe Patton (PDF)
• Milking Once A Day – Brian Hilliard (PDF) 

2018 OAD Conference

• Advisers with special interest in Once a Day Milking (PDF)
• Breeding for Once a Day Milking – Donagh Berry (PDF) 
• Estimating the financial cost of transitioning to OAD (PDF) – George Ramsbottom, Brendan Horan & Brian Hilliard
• Milking once a day – Brian Hilliard (PDF)
• Once a Day Milking – Farmers Perspective – Donal O’Loughlin (PDF)
• Mastitis Management and SCC Control in Once a Day Herds – Don Crowley (PDF)

Transitioning to OAD (PDF) – Brian Hilliard

Articles

Economics of transitioning to Once A Day Milking (PDF) – George Ramsbottom, Brian Hilliard and Brendan Horan
Pioneering once a day milking (PDF) – Brian Hilliard and Mark Trimble – Today’s Farm July/August 2017