Podcast Episodes

Soil Fertility Management after the Spreading Deadline

Seamus Kearney, Teagasc Tirlán Joint Programme Co-ordinator, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss soil fertility actions that can still be taken despite the chemical fertiliser de…

Published on 2 hours ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and as many farms are behind on grass supply, he advises using the higher grass growth now to build gras…

Published on 4 days, 19 hours ago

Reducing herd SCC this autumn

Padraig O’Connor, technologist with Teagasc, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline how farmers should manage their herd somatic cell count this autumn, how to make best use of the mi…

Published on 1 week ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice as some farms are dealing with low grass supply. 

He also talks about the featured farmer Mike Ahern, wh…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Collaborative Farming Options

Ruth Fennell, Collaborative Farming Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the various collaborative farming options that exist.

Ruth outlines the options that range fro…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grass growth and predicted grass growth.  Plus the featured farmer is Arthur Sweetman from county Wexford.

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Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Using the Signpost Advisory Programme to reduce the carbon footprint of your farm

George Ramsbottom, Head of the Teagasc Signpost Advisory Programme, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss how Irish dairy farmers can improve their farms’ carbon footprint. 

George o…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice as some farms are dealing with low grass supply. He also focuses on reviewing where fertiliser use needs…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Training the next generation of dairy farmers

Emma-Louise Coffey, Programme Co-Ordinator for the Farm Manager Apprenticeship Programme, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss why young, skilled dairy farmers are important for the…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice as we approach autumn build-up of grass and while some farms, particularly in the southern coast, are ve…

Published on 1 month ago