Podcast Episodes

The funded animal health consultations available to dairy farmers

Michelle McGrath, a vet working with Animal Health Ireland, tells Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast about a number of Department of Agriculture funded animal health consultations that f…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Let's Talk Dairy: Milk Sensitivity Analysis

For this week’s podcast version of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses milk sensitivity analysis and its increasing importance for drying-off cows.…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

How to reduce greenhouse gas & ammonia emissions from your farm

Seamus Kearney, Teagasc Training and Development Specialist on the Signpost Programme, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge to discuss some of the ways that farmers can reduce…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Let's Talk Dairy: The Last Rotation

For this week’s podcast version of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses the last rotation and closing up the farm to leave it in a good situation fo…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Autumn Closing Strategy

John McCabe, Teagasc Aurivo Joint Programme Group Facilitator and Monitor Farm Advisor, joins Stuart Childs on the latest episode of the Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how Autumn grass build-up has go…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Let's Talk Dairy: Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation

For this week’s podcast version of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses managing somatic cell count (SCC) in late lactation. 

Stuart emphasises the …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

What the changes coming in January mean for dry cow treatment

Willie Buckley, Veterinary Surgeon at Riverview Veterinary Group in Bandon and Animal Health Ireland, Cellcheck Technical Working Group member, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast t…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Let's Talk Dairy: Changes to Closed Periods - Slurry

For this week’s podcast version of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses the changes to the closed periods, specifically for slurry.

 
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Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

How to Make Contract Rearing a Success

Teagasc Drystock advisor in Moorepark, Michael Bourke, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how he views contract rearing from a drystock and dairy farmer’s point of view.…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Bonus Ep: The Dairy Edge Reaches Half a Million Listens – highlights from some of its most popular episodes

Since The Dairy Edge launched in January 2018 as Ireland’s first dairy-focused podcast, there have been 245 episodes released weekly as well as additional bonus content from the Let’s Talk Dairy webi…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago