Podcast Episodes

How to best meet herd feed requirements this spring

Teagasc ruminant nutritionist, Dr Aisling Claffey, joins James Dunne on this week's Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how to best meet the nutritional needs of the calved dairy cow throughout early lacta…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses all things Nutrient Management Week which is across all Grass10 social media accounts this week and he encourages farmers to …

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

What to consider when spreading organic fertilisers at this time of year

Cathal Somers, Water Quality Specialist with Teagasc, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss spreading organic fertilisers.

Cathal gives a summary of the factors that need to be con…

Published on 11 months ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses getting soil samples completed while ground conditions are good and he highlights the upcoming Nutrient Management Week on o…

Published on 11 months ago

How to prepare for the busy spring period without compromising on performance

Monaghan dairy farmer, Paddy Traynor, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline his simple grass based block spring calving system that is capable of producing a good economic return. 

P…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Planning for grass growth in 2025

John Maher, Manager of the Teagasc Grass10 Programme joins Stuart Childs to discuss the grass growing year of 2024 and what we can learn from it for 2025.

John discusses several elements that people …

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Grass10 Grazing Year in Review

For the final Grass10 grazing management update of 2024, Joseph Dunphy discusses the 2024 grazing year with Ciaran Hearn from PastureBase Ireland, plus find out how to make better use of your grazing…

Published on 1 year ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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 dat…

Published on 1 year ago

The key messages from the Dairy Conference workshops

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 p…

Published on 1 year ago

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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, J…

Published on 1 year ago