Podcast Episodes

Management through this secondary drought

A secondary drought has hit the east and south of the country and on this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Grass10 campaign manager, John Maher, explains best management of this drought.

Whe…

Published on 7 years, 3 months ago

Insights and tips from New Zealand in dealing with summer drought conditions

Andre van Barneveld of Graise Consultancy, draws on his experience of dealing with frequent summer droughts in New Zealand and has some key lessons that Irish farmers can learn from the summer of 201…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Identifying the best and worst cows in your dairy herd

On this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, ICBF Geneticist Dr Margaret Kelleher gives the top tips on identifying the best and worst cows in your dairy herd.

Firstly, Margaret explains what th…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

How to achieve higher grass production and utilisation

For part two of our interview with 2017 Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell, we get the top tips on achieving high grass production and more importantly utilisation.

Eddie explains what practices imple…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Farming tips from Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell

On this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge podcast, the 2017 Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell gives us an insight into his dairy farm.

Eddie and his father Denis have grown their dairy farm business s…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

The importance of hygiene and sustainability on the Walsh farm

We revisit the farm of milk quality award winners John and Brendan Walsh with John giving an insight into his farming life and how his milk hygiene practices really changed with the new milking parlo…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Part 2: Soil recovery time and cow diet in drought conditions

On part two of this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Grass 10 Manager, John Maher, speculates on recovery time from soil moisture deficit once it rains. With depleted grass covers on many fa…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Part 1: The grass management tools you need for the dry conditions

How can dairy farmers cope with the current summer dry conditions? Teagasc's, Grass 10 Manager, John Maher gives the top management tools. He explains the link between soil moisture deficit and grass…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

How to cope with the summer drought conditions

With the ongoing summer drought conditions, Emma-Louise Coffey presents some of Teagasc's key advice and tips to help farmers cope and manage with their grassland management.

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Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Insights and advice from Milk Quality award winners John & Brendan Walsh

On this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, milk quality award winners John and Brendan Walsh explain the practices that help them produce the highest quality milk ahead of their Open Day on Ju…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago