Dairy
Let’s Talk Dairy – Principal types of lameness
Let’s Talk Dairy – Principal types of lameness On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 10th November, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist was joined by Ned Dunphy, Waterford Farm Relief Service to discuss the principal types of lameness. Ned outlined the principal types of lameness in grazing […]
19 November 2022
Teagasc National Winter Milk Week
Teagasc National Winter Milk Week This year’s Teagasc Winter Milk Week takes place from Monday, 21st to Friday, 25th November, with a series of on-farm walks taking place in a different county each day. The theme of these on-farm events is ‘Managing Production Costs in Winter 2022’. Speaking at the launch of […]
17 November 2022
Lameness in housed cows
Lameness in housed cows George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist explains why cows often become lame around housing time. Their hooves soften in the wet underfoot autumn conditions. When they’re housed, they are vulnerable to two particular types of lameness. The two conditions are sole ulcers and mortellaro. Sole ulcers These typically occur […]
14 November 2022
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
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
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
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