Podcast Episodes

The True Value of Grazed Grass

This week we're joined by Michael Dineen, who explains the research investigating the true value of grazed grass, identifying the limiting nutrients available to grazing dairy cows. 

Michael takes an…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

How to attract and keep staff on Irish dairy farms

How do you attract and identify staff for your dairy farm?  On this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Paidi Kelly from Teagasc, along with dairy farm owner, Diarmuid Hegarty, and dairy farm o…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Minimising the workload on your farm this spring

Preparation is key to minimising workload and stress that dairy farmers often experience on farms during the spring period and labour researcher Marion Beecher from Teagasc Moorepark highlights some …

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Tackling emissions on dairy farms

In the face of climate change, the Dairy Edge wanted to find out just what are the environmental implications of dairy farming practices.  We spoke to William Burchill about how to tackle this issue …

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Dairy Farm Review of the Year

As we reach the end of the calendar year, we thought it was a good opportunity for the Dairy Edge to take a look at the major events that impacted on the dairy industry across the year of 2018. 

Pat …

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

The Australian system for managing non-replacement dairy calves

Animal Welfare researcher Natalie Roadknight from the University of Melbourne, gave insight into the dairy industry in Australia and the main animal welfare challenges facing their dairy sector. 

Nat…

Published on 7 years ago

The role of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds

Stephen Butler joins us to discuss the role of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds. Stephen gave an insight into the sexed semen trial that took place during the breeding season of 2018. 

He explained t…

Published on 7 years ago

Advice for the current grassland situation on farm

John Maher and Fergus Bogue from the Grass10 team join us to examine the current grassland situation on farm. Fergus explains that the average dairy farm on PastureBase has hit an average farm cover …

Published on 7 years ago

The key areas to focus on to improve farm profitability in 2019

Dairy Specialist George Ramsbottom takes a look at the key areas that farmers should focus on to improve farm profitability in 2019, based on his analysis of the Profit Monitor. 

Farmers can influenc…

Published on 7 years ago

The factors to consider for extending lactation of dairy cows through the winter

This week, Brian Garry discusses the main factors to consider for extending lactation of dairy cows through the winter months. 

Brian considers the feed situation on individual farms and concludes th…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago