Podcast Episodes

An interview with Grass 10 Champion, John McNamara

2018 Grass 10 champion John McNamara joins Emma-Louise Coffey to talk through his farming career and some of the people who have helped him along the way.

John explains that the farm has been in the …

Published on 6 years, 8 months ago

Top tips for sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

Kevin Downing from ICBF joins us this week to with his top tips for sire selection for the upcoming breeding season.

He suggests key traits to consider are high EBI cows with early calving date. For …

Published on 6 years, 8 months ago

An update on the performance of the Johnstown Castle herd

On this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Johnstown Castle dairy farm manager Aidan Lawless gives an update on the performance of the Johnstown Castle herd.

Firstly Aidan gives an insight int…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

Spring Grazing Update & Advice

Grass 10 campaign manager John Maher joins us to give an update on grazing conditions across the country and his top tips for the rest of spring grazing rotation.

John recalls the perfect grazing con…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

The economic benefits of milk recording

Vet Doreen Corridan joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge, to discuss the benefits of measuring herd performance through milk recording.

Doreen quantifies the economic ben…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

Improving your mental health on the farm

Dairy Farmer, Peter Hynes, joins Emma-Louise Coffey to talk about a fundraising initiative 'Rearing To Go' that aims to help raise awareness of mental health on the farm. 

Peter is well known in farm…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

The effects Brexit will have on Irish agriculture

The Brexit deadline is ticking and with so many questions still in the air for Irish agriculture, we spoke to Teagasc's Head of Rural Economy and Development, Kevin Hanrahan, to explain the potential…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Improving your soil fertility

Soil and plant nutrition specialist, Mark Plunkett, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week's Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the upward trends in soil fertility across Irish soils. 

Mark highlights the …

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

How to best manage your grassland in February

Dairy advisor, Richard O'Brien, gives advice on how to best manage grassland for the month of February.

Richard explains that there is a lot of grass on dairy farms, with approximately 30% more grass…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Is contract rearing for you?

Drystock farmer (contract rearer and sheep) John O’Connell and drystock advisor Tom Coll join Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss contract rearing.

Tom explains the various arrangements between rearers and…

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago