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Getting ready for the 2024 dairy season
0 Getting ready for the 2024 dairy season Decisions made over the next few weeks will have long-lasting consequences for the profitability for the dairy business in 2024, writes Michael Donoghue, B&T Dairy Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare. Most spring-calving herds are now 2-3 weeks away from calving. Hopefully cows on most dairy farms have […]
8 January 2024
How to maximise the value of slurry
0 How to maximise the value of slurry Pat Tuohy and William Burchill join Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how farmers can maximise the value of slurry through tactical use and having optimum storage facilities on farm. At the outset, William says, if you are not prepared to […]
8 January 2024
Teagasc Supporting Farming in Kenya
0 Teagasc Supporting Farming in Kenya Teagasc currently leads three dairy development projects funded by Irish Aid and the EU across three different countries in East Africa – Kenya, Eritrea and Tanzania. Paul Maher, Dr. Anne-Marie Butler and Dr. Edna Curley tell us more. Combined, the three projects have an overall expenditure budget […]
8 January 2024
Optimizing Suckler Farming: Wesley Browne’s Approach
0 Optimizing Suckler Farming: Wesley Browne’s Approach Farming just outside Monaghan Town, Wesley Browne calves 90 cows in spring with all males finished as under-16 month old bulls and yearling heifers sold as breeding stock. Wesley’s farm is fragmented and heavy in nature and he has adopted a system that best suits him […]
8 January 2024
The National Centre for Brewing and Distilling
0 The National Centre for Brewing and Distilling It’s been almost a year since work began getting the national centre for brewing and distilling set-up and running. Commissioning, validation, risk assessments, licencing, explosion protection documentation, SOP writing, tender writing, new supplier set up, lab setup and validation while all the time supporting industry […]
8 January 2024
Teagasc in Tanzania
0 Teagasc in Tanzania Paul Maher & Padraig French discuss an agricultural development project, titled ‘Maziwa Faida’ funded by Irish Aid in collaboration with partners in Tanzania, aimed at enhancing dairy production research & extension capabilities in the Tanga region to benefit small dairy farming households. Teagasc staff have been working on an […]
7 January 2024
How some farmers are achieving an average 8 hour working day on farm
0 How some farmers are achieving an average 8 hour working day on farm Marion Beecher joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge to discuss a recent case study of farmers who achieve an average 8 hour working day on their dairy farm throughout the year. Marion explains that […]
6 January 2024
Watch: Gearing up for calving with Future Beef farmer Ruairi Cummins
0 Watch: Gearing up for calving with Future Beef farmer Ruairi Cummins Preparations for calving have been underway on Ruairi Cummins’ Future Beef farm in Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny, since cows were housed in early November. Ruairi runs a 45-cow, spring-calving suckler system, with bull calves brought through to slaughter at under-16 months and […]
6 January 2024
Time ‘ewe’ got organised
0 Time ‘ewe’ got organised Entering 2024, Nollaig O’Dowd, Teagasc B&T Drystock Advisor, emphasises that one of the initial priorities for sheep farmers should be the scanning of ewes. For those in the majority, aiming to begin lambing around St. Patrick’s Day, a January scanning date should be scheduled. It’s one of those […]
6 January 2024
The hard questions answered on the highs and lows of farming in 2023
0 The hard questions answered on the highs and lows of farming in 2023 Kilkenny farmers John Fennelly and Kieran Condon join Cathal and Deirdre on the first Environment Edge podcast of the year to chat about the highs and lows of farming in 2023. More episodes and information from the Environment Edge
5 January 2024