Dairy
Use of foot baths on farm
Use of foot baths on farm On many farms footbaths are in use but they do not get the results they were looking for. The main reasons for this can be a poorly designed bath or the solution used in the bath is not appropriate. Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Expansion Service Advisor, […]
28 November 2022
Let’s Talk Dairy – Roadway surfaces
Let’s Talk Dairy – Roadway surfaces On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, which took place on Thursday, 3rd November, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist is joined by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist to discuss roadway surfaces. They also give an overview of a large scale survey of dairy farm roadways from […]
27 November 2022
Selective Dry Cow Therapy – Dairy Farmers making life saving changes!
Selective Dry Cow Therapy – Dairy Farmers making life saving changes! Tom Murphy, Dairy Advisor, Teagasc, Galway/Clare writes about regulatory changes to veterinary medicine legislation governing Dry Cow Therapy which came into law in January 2022. The new changes are designed to protect human health against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR or antibiotic […]
24 November 2022
Why are 25% of dairy replacement heifers calving over 26 months?
Why are 25% of dairy replacement heifers calving over 26 months? Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, tells us only 75% of heifers calve down at 22 to 26 months of age. 25% or around 80,000 heifers calve over 26 months in age. The first question is what is your herd mature cow […]
22 November 2022
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