Dairy
Better Farming for Water with Pat Dillon
Water quality continues to be a major focus for the agricultural industry, and while farmers are already making changes on farm, there is increasing emphasis on how practical actions can improve water quality outcomes at catchment level.
7 April 2026
Analysing the first milk recording of the year
Pádraig O Connor, Teagasc Dairy Technician discusses the importance of analysing the first milk recording of the year to assess herd health and identify mastitis early.
6 April 2026
Continuous progress is building this Cork business
Farming outside Midleton in Cork, Denis Hickey buys and rears dairy calves on a 90-acre farm with his wife Aine and their four children. Gordon Peppard, Teagasc DairyBeef500 advisor, tells us about about the Hickey family farm.
5 April 2026
Teagasc’s Cliona Ryan Wins BISAS Communication Award for Impactful Livestock Genomics Campaign
Teagasc researcher Dr. Cliona Ryan has received the BISAS Communication in Marketing Excellence Award for her innovative campaign translating complex genomic research into practical tools for farmers.
1 April 2026
The Future of Irish Dairy Breeding with Donagh Berry
Prof. Donagh Berry, Quantitative Geneticist at Teagasc Moorepark, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the future of Irish Dairy Breeding Programmes.
31 March 2026
New Dairy Calf-to-Beef Manual Launched
A new Dairy Calf-to-Beef Manual, produced by the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team, was launched recently in Teagasc Moorepark, by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
31 March 2026
Dairy Breeding Week 2026
The breeding season on Irish dairy farms has become increasingly concentrated in the late April to June period. Dairy Breeding Week, takes place from Monday, 30th March to Friday, 3rd April, and aims to provide timely information and reminders for farmers on important genetic and technical issues underpinning a successful dairy breeding season.
30 March 2026
Calculate the number of females that you need to breed to Dairy AI
As always when breeding your replacement heifer calves there should be particular focus placed on breeding the maiden heifers to dairy AI as these should be your highest genetic merit animals. James Dunne tells us more.
30 March 2026
Why good people working on dairy farms are value for money
Wages often represent a significant cost on dairy farms and can appear to be an obvious area to target. However, as explained by Martina Gormley, Dairy Specialist, good people working on dairy farms can represent value for money.
30 March 2026
ICBF Sire Advice – an essential tool for all dairy farmers
To get maximum genetic gain, minimise calving difficulty risk using dairy beef sires, whilst delivering high Commercial Beef Value (CBV) progeny, dairy farmers should run ICBF Sire Advice every breeding season, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs and Dan O’Riordan, ICBF, tell us more.
30 March 2026