Dairy
Teagasc National Dairy Conference heads to Cork and Mullingar
0 Teagasc National Dairy Conference heads to Cork and Mullingar The Teagasc 2022 National Dairy Conferences will take place on Tuesday, 6th December at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork and on Thursday, 8th December at the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar. The theme of the Conferences is ‘Turning challenges into opportunities’ Speaking at the […]
3 November 2022
Practical Demonstrations on How to Dry Off Cows
0 Practical Demonstrations on How to Dry Off Cows Don Crowley, Teagasc and member of the Animal Health Ireland (AHI) Cell Check technical working group outlines the steps that you need to take to prepare yourself for drying off cows. Don discusses the various factors that you have to take into consideration when […]
3 November 2022
Research impact highlights 2021 – Dairy
Research impact highlights 2021 – Dairy Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021, a supplement of TResearch magazine, was recently released. Here we look at some of the research highlights in the area of dairy. Dairy calf to beef best practice Alan Dillon +€550 Farm profitability increased by an average of €550 following […]
29 October 2022
Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk sensitivity analysis when drying off cows
Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk sensitivity analysis when drying off cows On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 13 October, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses how milk sensitivity analysis is going to be an important piece to the jigsaw in relation to drying off cows. Watch […]
29 October 2022
Let’s Talk Dairy – Closing up the farm
Let’s Talk Dairy – Closing up the farm On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 6 October, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses the last rotation and closing up the farm to have enough grass for the Springtime. Watch webinar recording below Let’s Talk Dairy is a […]
28 October 2022
Calf and calving facilities farm survey
Calf and calving facilities farm survey As the workload on most Irish dairy farms reduces it’s important to take time now to plan for calving next spring. The best starting point is to take an audit of your current facilities to quantify if you have enough space for rearing calves and calving […]
24 October 2022
Let’s Talk Dairy – Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation
Let’s Talk Dairy – Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 15th September, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses managing somatic cell count (SCC) in late lactation. Stuart emphasises the importance of the use of milk recording information, acting on […]
13 October 2022
Novel concept for milk and dairy processing wins at Teagasc-VistaMilk Catalysing Connections inaugural event
Novel concept for milk and dairy processing wins at Teagasc-VistaMilk Catalysing Connections inaugural event Catalysing Connections is a pilot pre-accelerator programme designed to foster novel idea generation, innovation and entrepreneurship in early career researchers from across the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre hosted by Teagasc. Catalysing Connections is a pilot pre-accelerator programme designed […]
12 October 2022
Indoor management of weanling replacement heifers
Indoor management of weanling replacement heifers Housing time is a great time to separate the lighter heifers for preferential treatment over the winter. This is important to ensure that they reach the target weight required for successful rearing. George Ramsbottom, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, gives us more detail. Their target live weight depends […]
10 October 2022
Improving accuracy in breeding
0 Improving accuracy in breeding Information derived from analyses of livestock DNA has proven to be more accurate than traditional pedigree information, providing benefits to breeding. Over the past couple of decades, livestock breeding programmes have improved the performance of various production systems. The basis of such breeding programmes is the estimation of […]
5 October 2022