Trailer Inside Dairy - Drought, fodder budgets, breeding results and milk quality

This week on Inside Dairy: Aidan, Daire and Brendan look at the drought situation across the country, with rainfall ranging from 98mm in parts of Carlow to as little as 5mm in the west. They discuss fodder budgeting, contract rearing, heifer prices and the latest dairy market news.Aidan also chats to Niall Maloney from Crecora, Co Limerick, winner of the 2025 Kinisla Milk Quality Awards, about his farm and milk quality.On The Breakdown, the team analyse the early scanning results from the 2026 breeding season, including embryo losses, the impact of weather and whether scanning results should influence culling decisions.Plus, the key things dairy farmers should be watching in the week ahead.Have a question or feedback? Email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on Spotify.Listen to Inside Dairy every Wednesday and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at www.ifj.ie/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.