Dairy
Top five tips for dairy farmers this July
Top five tips for dairy farmers this July Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, gives his top five tips for dairy farmers this July. 1. Winter feed budget With more fodder used than normal last winter, and relatively poor grass growth to date this year, it is important to complete a […]
13 July 2024
Solohead aims to develop low emissions blueprint for fragmented dairy farms
Solohead aims to develop low emissions blueprint for fragmented dairy farms Solohead has garnered huge farmer interest in recent years. Implementing a zero nitrogen input strategy on grass-clover swards, Teagasc researchers have shown that the carbon and ammonia footprints of milk production can be lowered substantially (25%) without impacting on economic competitiveness. […]
13 July 2024
A new herbicide for use in white clover swards and reseeds
0 A new herbicide for use in white clover swards and reseeds Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the new herbicide for use in white clover swards and reseeds – ProClova XL. Ciaran explains that this is new chemistry that has been in […]
8 July 2024
Labour savings showcased at Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme walk
0 Labour savings showcased at Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme walk Farmers who attended the recent Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme walk on the farm of David Gannon, Kilconieron, Co. Galway, heard of his dairy farming story, the avenues used to secure labour and some of the labour saving techniques being used successfully on the farm. John […]
7 July 2024
The opportunities for dairy farmers to improve their environmental footprint
0 The opportunities for dairy farmers to improve their environmental footprint There has always been opportunities and challenges within the dairy sector, and one of those immediate challenges is to continue to improve the environmental credentials of our dairy farms. Teagasc researcher, Dr. David Wall joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge […]
1 July 2024
Dairy advice: Dealing with the current low in grass growth rates
0 Dairy advice: Dealing with the current low in grass growth rates Grass growth continues to be stubbornly slow on many farms this year, writes Mark Treacy, Dairy Specialist at Teagasc, who looks at the three important areas of dairy cow intake, maintaining average farm cover and fodder budgeting for the winter ahead. […]
1 July 2024
Finish your breeding season on a high
Finish your breeding season on a high As the breeding season for spring-calving herds heads into its final month, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs explains why it is important that dairy farmers keep up the momentum and capture as many repeats to minimise empty rates at the end of a defined breeding […]
24 June 2024
Bull choices for the latter stages of breeding
Bull choices for the latter stages of breeding Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Campaign Co-Ordinator, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss late breeding season bull choice. Alan explains that late-born calves are as much of a hassle for the beef farmer as they are for the dairy farmer, […]
24 June 2024
Michael and Alex McCarthy – Signpost Farmer Update
Michael and Alex McCarthy – Signpost Farmer Update Michael & Alex McCarthy, Signpost Dairy Farmers, give us their farm update for June. Our current production is 26 litres/cow/day, @ 3.82% butterfat and 3.49% protein. Cows are delivering over 1.95kg milk solids per day on 4.5kg of meal. SCC is currently 83 which […]
22 June 2024
Shedding light on dairy cow weight and the beef potential of progeny
Shedding light on dairy cow weight and the beef potential of progeny The lack of knowledge on how selecting solely for smaller dairy cows impacts upon the beef merit of their resulting progeny has been narrowed through the publication of a recent paper in the Journal of Dairy Science. Across the world, […]
20 June 2024