Podcast Episodes

Creating a fodder reserve to reduce risk to farm business

Dairy specialist Joe Patton has advice on creating a fodder reserve to reduce the risk to farm businesses in the event of future adverse weather events.

Firstly, farmers need to quantify the total gr…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Insights and key learnings from the New Zealand dairy sector

Kevin McDonald is a retired scientist from Dairy NZ with over 50 years’ experience in systems research and he joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to give his insights and analy…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

The benefits of white clover inclusion

Grassland researcher Brian McCarthy and PhD researcher Brid McClearn join Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss the benefits of white clover inclusion at Clonakilty Agricultural College.

The grass plus white …

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

The move to chlorine-free on farm

Milk quality expert, David Gleeson, joins Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss the move to chlorine-free cleaning products on Irish dairy farms.

David explains that while chlorine levels measured in the for…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Bonus Ep: Advice from Grass10's Fergus Bogue at the Moorepark Open Day

Fergus Bogue of the Grass10 Team spoke to Emma-Louise Coffey from the Grass Demo at Teagasc's recent Open Day at Moorepark to discuss grass quality and stem levels on Irish farms.

Fergus also explaine…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

The High Return-Low Difficulty model to help with your decision making

Management Consultant Nollaig Heffernan joins Emma-Louise Coffey to emphasise the importance of planning around decision making for your farm.

Nollaig explains that good planning and decision making w…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

How dairy expansion has impacted the Irish economy

Economist Ciaran Fitzgerald joins Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss how dairy expansion has impacted the Irish economy.

Ciaran recounts commonly reported expansion figures such as milk output and value of…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

New cost-effective methods of slurry spreading

William Burchill joins Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss new cost-effective methods of slurry spreading.

William reminds us of the value of slurry, which is the equivalent to 6 units of Nitrogen, 5 units…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

Analysis of the growth and expansion of the national dairy herd

Moorepark researchers Brendan Horan and Laurence Shalloo join Emma-Louise Coffey to critically review the growth and expansion of the national dairy herd.

Brendan addressed the environmental impact of…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

Why you should include white clover in grazing swards

Deirdre gives an overview of the benefits and challenges of white clover in intensive grass-based systems of milk production.

She explains the ability of white clover to fix Nitrogen - in a systems st…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago