Dairy
Variability in grass supplies – Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmers take action
Variability in grass supplies – Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmers take action Monitor farmers engaged in the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme have centred their attentions on completing grass and autumn closing budgets over recent weeks. Co-ordinator of the Programme, Sandra Hayes shares details on the actions taken. Having sufficient supplies of spring grass is […]
21 October 2024
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023 – Dairy Enterprise Factsheet
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023 – Dairy Enterprise Factsheet The Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department at Teagasc has recently released a Dairy Enterprise Factsheet for 2023, providing a detailed analysis of the financial and technical performance of dairy farms as recorded in the 2023 National Farm Survey. This report highlights key […]
21 October 2024
The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium
The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium Helena Madden, Ruminant Veterinary Manager with MSD Animal Health, joins Stuart Childs on the latest Dairy Edge to discuss the new vaccine against Cryptosporidium, Bovilis Cryptium. Helena first discusses how crypto is consistently one of the main causes of calf scour and then explains how cleaver the […]
18 October 2024
Testing for antibiotic identification
Testing for antibiotic identification With a 12-week dry period recommended for first lactation cows, early-calved first calvers that are due around February 1 again in 2025 need to finish their 2024 lactation in late October/early November. Consequently, teat sealers and the right dry cow antibiotic (where required) will need to be prescribed […]
14 October 2024
Advisor update: Managing current grass and winter feed supply
0 Advisor update: Managing current grass and winter feed supply Pat Moylan, Teagasc Dairy Advisor based in Kilkenny, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge for an update on the current grazing and winter feed situation within his client base. Reduced grass growth rates and strategies to overcome such have been a […]
7 October 2024
Milk supplies down 4.7% to August’s end
0 Milk supplies down 4.7% to August’s end Milk deliveries to processors and co-ops have declined by 4.7% over the first eight months of the year, estimates recently released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have shown. For the January to August period in 2024, the CSO estimates a domestic milk intake of […]
7 October 2024
Where is the dairy stocking rate sweet spot?
0 Where is the dairy stocking rate sweet spot? Higher milk output doesn’t always translate into additional profits if stocking rates aren’t matched by a farm’s grass-growing capacity, Stuart Childs, Nora O’Donovan, Adrian O’Callaghan and Donal Patton tells us more in this article from Today’s Farm. In January 2015 at the Irish Grassland […]
7 October 2024
Tipperary triumph in inaugural Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards
0 Tipperary triumph in inaugural Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards John and Brendan Walsh from Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary were announced as the Teagasc / FBD Environmentally Sustainable Farmer of the Year 2024 at the awards ceremony in Co. Laois on Tuesday, October 1. John and Brendan Walsh from Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary were announced as […]
2 October 2024
Heifer rearing with Hazel Costigan
0 Heifer rearing with Hazel Costigan Hazel Costigan from Teagasc Moorepark joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss heifer rearing and the targets associated with it. Hazel references a study done 10 years ago by Laurence Shalloo, which put the cost of rearing a heifer at €1,545. A further study […]
2 October 2024
Autumn closing: Disciplined approach to housing date needed
0 Autumn closing: Disciplined approach to housing date needed Hitting grazing targets has been a challenge throughout 2024, and it appears that the end of the grazing year is going to be no different. Dairy Specialist at Teagasc, Stuart Childs provides a timely reminder on autumn grassland management to facilitate a supply of […]
1 October 2024