Dairy
Pre-breeding: A stitch in time saves nine
Pre-breeding: A stitch in time saves nine Investing time identifying problem cows and dealing with them early will pay dividends, writes Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs who offers tips and advice on tightening the calving spread with breeding fast approaching. Seasonal calving depends on compact calving to match demand with supply. The […]
14 April 2025
Producing a good, saleable calf without any extra work
Producing a good, saleable calf without any extra work DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Fergal Maguire revisits Declan and Matthew Mullen in Co. Meath to see how the beef sires they selected last year have delivered on the ground. This time last year, we sat down with Declan and Matthew Mullen to select beef […]
14 April 2025
Dairygold-Teagasc partnership helps over 1,000 farmers improve sustainability
Dairygold-Teagasc partnership helps over 1,000 farmers improve sustainability Over 1,000 farmers have already participated in one-to-one consultations as part of a Dairygold and Teagasc partnership, helping them to reduce their environmental impact while enhancing farm sustainability. A key initiative of the Dairygold Grassroots Sustainability Programme, farmers receive tailored advice on improving their […]
13 April 2025
Herd nutrition notes for April
Herd nutrition notes for April March 2025 was excellent in terms of getting cows to grass and utilising swards. However, allocating sufficient grass in April can be a significant pinch point for maintaining herd performance and body condition. Managing the transition to the second grazing rotation, milking platform stocking rate/closing area for […]
12 April 2025
Findings from the Teagasc calf transport studies
Findings from the Teagasc calf transport studies Findings of major calf transport studies undertaken by researchers in Teagasc, Moorepark were shared with delegates at the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) Conference, which took place in Co. Galway from April 8-10. Teagasc Walsh Scholars, Susanne Siegmann and Luca van Dijk discussed various […]
11 April 2025
Breeding choices deliver more beef in Co. Tipperary
0 Breeding choices deliver more beef in Co. Tipperary As the 2025 calving season was winding down, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Gordon Peppard visited John and Brendan Walsh in Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary to get the inside track on how the calving season went and how bulls they picked last year worked out when […]
9 April 2025
Analysing the first milk recording reports of the year
0 Analysing the first milk recording reports of the year The first milk recording of the year is an extra job to be completed at a busy time of the year, but the importance of completing it in a timely manner cannot be overemphasised, Padraig O’Connor tells us more. Milk recording is a […]
7 April 2025
Ministers Heydon and Grealish launch €26.2M VistaMilk Phase II Research Centre
0 Ministers Heydon and Grealish launch €26.2M VistaMilk Phase II Research Centre Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD and Minister of State with special responsibility for research Noel Grealish TD today launched Phase 2 of the VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre at a special event hosted at Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, […]
3 April 2025
Growing heifers more on grass
0 Growing heifers more on grass Producing replacement heifers on a dairy farm is a costly exercise, but one of the best ways of making sure they get to the parlour is by hitting target weights – whether that be at weaning, housing for the first winter or the start of the breeding […]
3 April 2025
What quality of silage is needed for milking cows?
0 What quality of silage is needed for milking cows? With the beginning of the second rotation just around the corner, lower grass availability on some farms means that silage may have to be re-introduced to the diet. As part of the ‘Nutrition of the spring-calving dairy cow in the early lactation period’ […]
1 April 2025