Dairy
Delaying silage cutting date will have a negative effect on quality and quantity
Delaying silage cutting date will have a negative effect on quality and quantity James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, outlines the reasons why you should avoid delaying silage harvesting and looks at the quality of silage needed on dairy farms this year. Grass silage makes up around a quarter of the annual feed […]
15 May 2023
Best Practice in Milking Courses start this week
Best Practice in Milking Courses start this week The first of a number of Best Practice in Milking Courses gets underway this week. Developed in conjunction with Teagasc, Animal Health Ireland, and FRS Network, participants will develop their skills as a milker to ensure all cows are milked effectively and efficiently. The […]
15 May 2023
Top five tips for May and the correct paddock size
Top five tips for May and the correct paddock size Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer Teagasc, gives his top five tips for May and offers advice on moving to 24-hour grazing blocks. Milk production costs have risen significantly in the last 24 months. This was masked last year by strong […]
14 May 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy – achieving grazing success through the Heavy Soils Programme
Let’s Talk Dairy – achieving grazing success through the Heavy Soils Programme On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, host James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, is joined by Pat Tuohy, Teagasc, to give an insight into the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme – Achieving Grazing Success. Elsewhere in the webinar, John Maher, Teagasc […]
13 May 2023
How to minimise nitrate loss in farming to help improve water quality
How to minimise nitrate loss in farming to help improve water quality On this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge, Edward Burgess, Agricultural Catchments Specialist, talks about minimising nitrate loss in farming to help improve water quality. Edward first explains the Agricultural Catchments Programme, what it does and how it contributes to […]
12 May 2023
Taking the opportunity to reseed on Teagasc/Tirlán Future farms
0 Taking the opportunity to reseed on Teagasc/Tirlán Future farms Sandra Hayes, co-ordinator of the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme, outlines the progress farmers are making with grazing and reseeding in the most recent Teagasc/Tirlan Future Farm Update. With a rise in growth rates last week, a lot of the monitor farmers have taken […]
9 May 2023
Early intervention key with problem cows
0 Early intervention key with problem cows Submitting cows for service is an important aspect of the breeding season, with a target of 90% submitted in the first three weeks. In this article, Teagasc Dairy Specialist Stuart Childs explains why now is the time for managing problem cows on your farm to maximise […]
8 May 2023
Completing a simple winter feed budget for a dairy herd
0 Completing a simple winter feed budget for a dairy herd Silage accounts for at least 25% of the annual feed budget for the average spring-calving dairy herd. This will be greater on farms operating high grazing stocking rates or on heavy soils. Weather shocks such as drought or poor spring growth can […]
8 May 2023
Improved pregnancy rates from sexed semen
0 Improved pregnancy rates from sexed semen Carried out over a five-year period, the most comprehensive analysis of the performance of sexed semen in a commercial field setting ever undertaken has shown improvements in the pregnancy rates being achieved. The results of this analysis was presented by ICBF and was based on over […]
7 May 2023
Setting the sights on milking quality silage in Co. Mayo
0 Setting the sights on milking quality silage in Co. Mayo Donal Ronayne is in his third year of milk production, milking a herd of 194 spring-calving cows in south Mayo. A participant in the Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme, he joined Teagasc Dairy Specialist James Dunne on a recent Let’s Talk Dairy webinar to […]
6 May 2023