Dairy
Don’t delay silage cutting date on your dairy farm
0 Don’t delay silage cutting date on your dairy farm James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Ballyhaise, outlines why delaying silage cutting date will have a negative effect on quality and quantity of silage for dairy systems. He advises against using a ‘one big first cut’ approach, which can lead to fodder shortages due […]
3 May 2022
Summertime Cow Nutrition: A Lot Done, More to Do
Summertime Cow Nutrition: A Lot Done, More to Do We have come a long way in the last 20-25 years in terms of managing the feed we give to dairy cows during the summer. However, there is still a lot more to be done in terms of mid-season cow nutrition. John Mc […]
30 April 2022
Dairying and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Dairying and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) AMR is a new challenge to the farming community and a risk to public health. Don Crowley, Teagasc Dairy advisor discusses antimicrobial resistance, how it develops and the importance of milk recording in the absence of preventative antimicrobials, on the dairy farm Change is part of farming, […]
29 April 2022
The Cullinane Monitor Farm in West Cork
The Cullinane Monitor Farm in West Cork John and Veronica Cullinane are dairy farming with their three children; Eoin, Aoife and Laura in Ballineen. Co Cork. They milk 140 cows on a milking platform of 53 hectares and farm outside blocks for replacement heifers and silage. Aoife Healy, Teagasc Dairy advisor discusses […]
27 April 2022
Calving date impacts on feed and forage costs
Calving date impacts on feed and forage costs In 2020 & 2021, 29% of spring-calving dairy cows calved between April and June. Teagasc’s target is that only 10% of spring calving cows should calve in April to June – and these should all calve in April, not in May and June. George […]
26 April 2022
Monitoring Cash Flow in 2022
Monitoring Cash Flow in 2022 Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist at Moorepark, discusses the importance of cash flow management. Patrick explains how to complete the Teagasc 5 minute cash flow worksheet in a video here. The 5 minute cash flow is easy to use and will give you a snap shot of […]
25 April 2022
Cow selection for 2022 breeding season
Cow selection for 2022 breeding season Each year bull selection is discussed at good lengths & rightly so, but what about cow selection? The genetic potential of an animal initially comes from the average of both sire & dam figures. Dairy Specialist Martina Gormley has advice on cow selection. Both bull and […]
18 April 2022
Pat and Sean Kelly – EBI Report
Pat and Sean Kelly – EBI Report Today’s Dairy Breeding focus is on the EBI Report. Dairy Advisor Padraig Costigan goes through some of the important figures on this farm which has one of the best EBIs in the country. The EBI report is key to establishing the genetic merit of a […]
14 April 2022
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cows with different milk sub-indexes and Heat Behaviour
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cows with different milk sub-indexes and Heat Behaviour The breeding focus for today is on cows with different milk sub-index and what this means in terms of income. Dairy Specialist George Ramsbottom gives more information. Heat behaviour and time of AI is the topic covered by Stuart […]
13 April 2022
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cow and bull selection
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cow and bull selection The focus of the second part of the breeding series is on the key targets when selecting sires and dams of the next generation of dairy replacements. Dairy Specialist George Ramsbottom details what needs to be considered. Bulls EBI On the bull side […]
12 April 2022