Dairy

Overview of Selective Dry Cow Therapy

0 Overview of Selective Dry Cow Therapy Willie Buckley, Veterinary Practitioner and member of the technical working group of Animal Health Ireland (AHI) provides an overview of selective dry cow therapy and the helps that are there for farmers in order that they can do this successfully. Farmers can get a free dry […]
6 November 2022

Managing the Cow Around Drying Off

0 Managing the Cow Around Drying Off Leonard Betts, Teagasc discusses managing the cow around drying off. It is an extremely important time of the year, it’s down time for the cow so that she could recover herself after a long lactation and it is a time where cell count can be improved […]
5 November 2022

Regulatory Changes to Dry Cow Therapy in 2022

0 Regulatory Changes to Dry Cow Therapy in 2022 Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspector in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) gives an overview of the regulatory changes, the changes in the legislation that relates specifically to dry cow therapy. It is very important that you are aware of these […]
4 November 2022

Teagasc National Dairy Conference heads to Cork and Mullingar

0 Teagasc National Dairy Conference heads to Cork and Mullingar The Teagasc 2022 National Dairy Conferences will take place on Tuesday, 6th December at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork and on Thursday, 8th December at the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar. The theme of the Conferences is ‘Turning challenges into opportunities’ Speaking at the […]
3 November 2022

Practical Demonstrations on How to Dry Off Cows

0 Practical Demonstrations on How to Dry Off Cows Don Crowley, Teagasc and member of the Animal Health Ireland (AHI) Cell Check technical working group outlines the steps that you need to take to prepare yourself for drying off cows. Don discusses the various factors that you have to take into consideration when […]
3 November 2022

Research impact highlights 2021 – Dairy

Research impact highlights 2021 – Dairy Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021, a supplement of TResearch magazine, was recently released. Here we look at some of the research highlights in the area of dairy. Dairy calf to beef best practice  Alan Dillon +€550 Farm profitability increased by an average of €550 following […]
29 October 2022

Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk sensitivity analysis when drying off cows

Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk sensitivity analysis when drying off cows On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 13 October, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses how milk sensitivity analysis is going to be an important piece to the jigsaw in relation to drying off cows. Watch […]
29 October 2022

Let’s Talk Dairy – Closing up the farm

Let’s Talk Dairy – Closing up the farm On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 6 October, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses the last rotation and closing up the farm to have enough grass for the Springtime. Watch webinar recording below Let’s Talk Dairy is a […]
28 October 2022

Calf and calving facilities farm survey

Calf and calving facilities farm survey As the workload on most Irish dairy farms reduces it’s important to take time now to plan for calving next spring. The best starting point is to take an audit of your current facilities to quantify if you have enough space for rearing calves and calving […]
24 October 2022

Let’s Talk Dairy – Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation

Let’s Talk Dairy – Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 15th September, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses managing somatic cell count (SCC) in late lactation. Stuart emphasises the importance of the use of milk recording information, acting on […]
13 October 2022