Dairy
The role and importance of multispecies swards
The role and importance of multispecies swards Brendan Horan, Farm Systems Researcher at Teagasc Moorepark, is on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss multispecies swards (MSS) and the reason he and his team are researching them in the multi-milk systems trials at Curtin’s Farm. Brendan starts by telling us the policy […]
12 June 2023
Tips on managing through dry June conditions
Tips on managing through dry June conditions Despite a very dry start to June, average grass growth rates had been 60kg DM per day and farm covers had been holding well in most regions However, as Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer explains, with soil moisture deficits heading >60mm in many […]
12 June 2023
Milk price rise offsets steep production cost increases on dairy farms in 2022
Milk price rise offsets steep production cost increases on dairy farms in 2022 The preliminary results of the National Farm Survey (NFS) for 2022, which are representative of almost 85,806 farms in Ireland, were published earlier today, June 12th. In this article, we look at dairy Family Farm Income. There were 15,319 […]
12 June 2023
Opportunity for greater flexibility on dairy farms
Opportunity for greater flexibility on dairy farms Completing the evening milking earlier is good for the farmer and helps recruit and retain employees, Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, tells us more. Milk recording data from 2,366 herds across 23 counties shows that the average milking finish time was 6.43pm and the length […]
10 June 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy – advisor’s update from the grass roots
0 Let’s Talk Dairy – advisor’s update from the grass roots On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 Advisor, is joined by Lorcan Dooley, Teagasc Dairy Advisor, based in Portlaoise, Co. Laois to discuss where the focus should be on dairy farms for June. Elsewhere in the webinar, John […]
9 June 2023
Get snapping – ‘This is Dairying’ photo competition launched
0 Get snapping – ‘This is Dairying’ photo competition launched The ‘This is Dairying’ competition, in conjunction with the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day, will run throughout June 2023. The idea behind the competition is to give people the opportunity to show what they love about dairy farming. The competition aims to exhibit […]
8 June 2023
Moorepark ’23: Meeting challenges to secure a sustainable future
0 Moorepark ’23: Meeting challenges to secure a sustainable future The Irish dairy industry has undergone a transformational change since the removal of the EU milk quota in 2015. Since the Irish dairy industry began to prepare for EU milk quota removal, milk solids output has increased by over 96%. This additional output […]
7 June 2023
Benefits of having a relief milker this summer
0 Benefits of having a relief milker this summer It is common for dairy farmers to employ someone to just complete a number of milkings each week. In this article, Teagasc Dairy Specialist Martina Gormley outlines the benefits this can bring. Benefits can be seen from the average herd size and above. For […]
6 June 2023
Dairy market outlook for the second half of 2023
0 Dairy market outlook for the second half of 2023 On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, Teagasc Dairy Specialist James Dunne was joined by Liam McCabe, Bord Bia’s Dairy Sector Manager, to give an insight into the dairy market outlook for the second half of 2023. Liam first outlined that factors that […]
4 June 2023
Examine costs early to make better financial decisions
Examine costs early to make better financial decisions Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, points the way to the use of the Teagasc eProfit Monitor Forward Planner as a tool to make better financial decisions for the remainder of the year. 2022 was a record year for dairy farm profitability. Although costs increased […]
29 May 2023