The Dairy Edge

Dec 11 2024 524 ep. 24 mins 252
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The Dairy Edge is Teagasc’s dairy podcast for farmers with the latest information, insights and opinion to improve your dairy farm performance. Visit the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/

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Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dec 11 2024 4 mins  
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, now that we are in early December, Joseph Dunphy discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland along with an up to date set of soil samples. Plus, this week’s featured farmer is Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year for 2023, Patrick O’Neill from Co. Longford. Link to this week’s Grass10 new

The key messages from the Dairy Conference workshops

Dec 09 2024 40 mins  
This week on the Dairy Edge, we continue our coverage from the Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Limerick. The theme of this year’s conference was Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges. As part of the conference there were six practical workshops which farmers could choose to attend which would benefit their own farms in the future. These included:• Meeting Herd feed

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dec 05 2024 4 mins  
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. Now that we are in early December, Joseph discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland, while this week’s featured farmer is Enda Armstrong, Co. Galway who will be speaking at our Gr

Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges

Dec 03 2024 18 mins  
This week’s Dairy Edge brings you some of the main insights from the 2024 Teagasc National Dairy Conference, including Áine Murray and Donal Patton, Teagasc Grassland Researchers, who gave an in-depth look on current grassland performance, the metrics that farmers should be focusing on and how to achieve these on commercial farms, even in difficult conditions. Pat Dillon, Teagas

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Nov 27 2024 4 mins  
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. Joseph also discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland in early December, while this week’s featured farmer is Michael Carroll, Bruree, Co. Limerick. Link to this we

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Nov 21 2024 6 mins  
For the latest Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. As December 1st approaches, Joseph also discusses current grazing management and he has a grazing update from John Casey, Co. Kerry. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-19thN

Get the basics right during the dry cow period

Nov 18 2024 24 mins  
Dr Aisling Claffey, Teagasc Ruminant Nutritionist, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the important practices to remember when it comes to the upcoming dry cow period. Aisling discusses the importance of assessing body condition of the herd, timely intervention when required and what the cows mineral requirements are to ensure a successful transition period n

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Nov 13 2024 4 mins  
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall and soil temperatures for the week. Joseph also discusses current grazing management and encourages farmers to focus on spring grass availability. Plus he has a grazing update from Eugene and Eoin Lawler, Co. Kildare. Link to this week’s

Joe Patton on how to make dairy farming more robust for the future

Nov 11 2024 47 mins  
Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline the factors that will make dairy more robust in the future in advance of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference entitled ‘Robust dairy farming for future challenges’, which is taking place at Limerick Racecourse on Wednesday November 27th. Joe discusses the Key Per

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Nov 06 2024 5 mins  
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. Joseph also discusses current grazing management with super grazing conditions and above-average growth rates, plus he has a grazing update from Michael Walsh, Co. Kilkenny. Link to this week’s Grass