Dairy
Top Five Tips for Dairy Farmers this May
Top Five Tips for Dairy Farmers this May Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, shares timely advice to stay productive and prepared this May. 1. Assess your stocking rate Exclude areas reserved for silage or reseeding when calculating your grazing area. How much grass are you offering? Mature herds need 19-20kg […]
21 May 2025
Choosing beef bulls on dairy farms that are better for the environment and your pocket
Choosing beef bulls on dairy farms that are better for the environment and your pocket George Ramsbottom, Signpost Advisory Programme, highlights how better dairy and beef breeding can cut greenhouse gas emissions while improving calf value. From an environmental perspective better breeding of both dairy and beef cattle is important in the […]
20 May 2025
Will you have enough heifers in 2027?
Will you have enough heifers in 2027? With a significant drop in dairy heifer calf numbers in recent years, Stuart Childs, Joe Patton, and Laurence Shalloo stress the importance of breeding enough replacements to meet herd needs, urging farmers to plan ahead. Recent statistics show that there has been a significant drop […]
19 May 2025
Listen: Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business
Listen: Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business Teagasc farm management specialist, Kevin Connolly, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss and explain why farmers should make informed decisions when it comes to managing their farming business, managing cash surpluses and how to best complete an investment […]
19 May 2025
How’s breeding progressing at Moorepark?
How’s breeding progressing at Moorepark? One of Teagasc’s flagship dairy research herds, Farm Manager, John Paul Murphy talks us through breeding and provides an update on the progress to date at Moorepark. Breeding has gotten off to a good start this spring at Moorepark. The Moorepark herd consists of around 300 spring-calving […]
16 May 2025
Award winning dairy farm to host ‘Dairying at Dusk’ event
Award winning dairy farm to host ‘Dairying at Dusk’ event A National Farm Walk on the farm of John, Maria and Brendan Walsh, winners of the 2024 Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Award, will take place on Tuesday, 10 June. Organised by Teagasc, FBD and Dairygold, this ‘Dairying at Dusk’ event will be of […]
13 May 2025
Early planning essential for slurry storage facilities
Early planning essential for slurry storage facilities Dairy farmers have been encouraged to review their slurry storage capacity now and take early action if the need for additional slurry storage is identified. This message came from Séamus Nolan, a Schemes Support Specialist at Teagasc, who joined James Dunne on a recent episode […]
13 May 2025
Tips on maintaining performance during the mid-season
Tips on maintaining performance during the mid-season Ruminant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc, Dr. Aisling Claffey shares key tips for maintaining performance during the mid-season, focusing on grassland management and meal supplementation levels. Early lactation performance in dairy herds has been bolstered by superb grass utilisation on farm through the first and second […]
12 May 2025
Listen: Quality and Quantity – Paul Hyland’s approach to silage
Listen: Quality and Quantity – Paul Hyland’s approach to silage Paul Hyland, who farms with his brother David near the village of Ballacolla, Co. Laois, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss silage – both quantity and quality. Aiming to provide 4-5 bales of quality silage to feed cows […]
12 May 2025
Seasonality and methane production
Seasonality and methane production Does seasonality affect how much methane an animal produces? This will be a key question answered by experts from Ireland and New Zealand as part of an upcoming NZAGRC x Teagasc Webinar. Researchers from Ireland and New Zealand are working together to determine how the stage of lactation, […]
10 May 2025