Dairy
The Importance of the 1st spring grazing
The Importance of the 1st spring grazing This week, Sandra Hayes, co-ordinator of the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme, visited John and Shane Fitzgerald of Portlaw, Co. Waterford, Teagasc Tirlán Future Farmers, to assess how well the first grazing rotation of 2023 was going. The farm achieved 33% grazed by the end of […]
12 March 2023
Top five tips and grazing targets for March
Top five tips and grazing targets for March In the Teagasc Dairy Newsletter for March, we read about the top five tips for the month from Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, as well as March grazing targets. Milk recording: record within 60 days of the first cow calving. For example, […]
11 March 2023
How many cows do you need to breed to dairy AI?
0 How many cows do you need to breed to dairy AI? The genetic potential of an animal initially comes from the average of both sire and dam figures; therefore mating your best females to dairy AI is as important as selecting the correct bull team, James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, explains more. […]
6 March 2023
Nitrates banding and the options available to you
0 Nitrates banding and the options available to you Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to talk about the options available to dairy farmers impacted by the introduction of the new nitrates banding. Patrick explains that people need to optimise their nitrogen (N) allowance on […]
6 March 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy – Spring grazing at Johnstown Castle
0 Let’s Talk Dairy – Spring grazing at Johnstown Castle On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 23 February, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist was joined by Aidan Lawless, Dairy Unit Manager, Teagasc Johnstown Castle to discuss spring grazing at Johnstown Castle. Johnstown Castle has a herd of […]
4 March 2023
Headway with grazing on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms
0 Headway with grazing on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms Sandra Hayes, co-ordinator of the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme, outlines the progress farmers are making with grazing in the most recent Teagasc/Tirlan Future Farm Update. The monitor farms are making great headway with getting, on average, 33% of the milking platform grazed over the month […]
1 March 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy – Spring grazing at Lyons Estate
Let’s Talk Dairy – Spring grazing at Lyons Estate On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 16th February, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist was joined by Niall Walsh, Technologist at UCD Lyons Estate to get an update on spring grazing at Lyons Estate. Elsewhere in the webinar, […]
27 February 2023
Teat disinfectant – part of the solution to reducing SCC
Teat disinfectant – part of the solution to reducing SCC With milking in full swing, Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, explains why now is a good time to evaluate post-milking teat disinfectant products. New intramammary infections caused by contagious pathogens can be reduced by at least 50% when post-milking teat disinfection is […]
22 February 2023
Update: Calving and early grass with a Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer
Update: Calving and early grass with a Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer Steven Fitzgerald outlines to programme co-ordinator Sandra Hayes, Teagasc, how calving 2023 is going for him. Steven is farming with his parents near Aglish in west Waterford. This highest point of the farm is 600 feet above sea level. […]
20 February 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy: A review of dry matter intake in cows in early lactation
Let’s Talk Dairy: A review of dry matter intake in cows in early lactation On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, is joined by Mike Egan, Teagasc, to give a review of dry matter intake in cows in early lactation. John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 Advisor also joined […]
18 February 2023