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The Dairy Edge — 696 episodes

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Countrywide update with Joint Programme Advisors, John McCabe, Seamus Kearney & Sean Callan

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Your Weekly Grass10 Update

3

Back to Grass: Managing Dairy Cow Nutrition After the Drought

4

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

5

Fertiliser Advice for September

6

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

7

Joe Patton on dealing with the feed & fodder situation

8

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

9

Staying on top of milk quality

10

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

11

Trying to get time off - help others to help you

12

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

13

Advisory Update: What's happening on the ground?

14

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

15

Managing stock in drought or near drought conditions

16

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

17

Dairy Calf to Beef – What Does the Future Hold?

18

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

19

Managing Fertiliser Decisions in Dry Conditions

20

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

21

From Relief Milker to Dairy Farmer: Cian Jobe's Journey into Dairy Farming

22

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

23

Award-Winning Dairy Farming with Tom and Michael Ryan

24

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

25

Low Nitrogen Dairy Farming: The Role of White Clover

26

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

27

Next Gen 2 and Kilworth Farm Update

28

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

29

Breeding 2026: the need for a strong finish

30

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

31

Why Grazed Grass Still Wins on Feed Costs

32

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

33

Securing the Future of Irish Dairying: Succession, Progression & Collaborative Farming

34

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

35

Claire Mooney on Water Quality Tips

36

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

37

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

38

Grass to Cash: Driving profit through better grazing

39

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

40

How Reseeding Supports Higher Performance

41

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

42

White Clover: Benefits, Challenges & Learnings with Mike Egan

43

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

44

Dairy Management Tips for April

45

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

46

Better Farming for Water with Pat Dillon

47

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

48

The Future of Irish Dairy Breeding with Donagh Berry

49

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

50

ICBF Breeding Guidelines

51

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

52

Adding value to the Irish milk pool with Conor Mulvihill, Dairy Industry Ireland

53

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

54

Keeping cows & calves healthy in March - a vet’s perspective

55

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

56

March Management Tips with John Maher and Mike Bermingham

57

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

58

The Road to 2030: A Clear Direction for Irish Dairy

59

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

60

€500 per Cow: Building the Financial Safety Net for 2026

61

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

62

Reducing your workload on dairy farms this spring

63

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

64

February Focus: Fresh Cows, Quality Colostrum & Early Grazing Planning

65

TB Update: Understanding the recent changes for your dairy herd

66

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

67

Nutrient Management Week: Setting up the fertiliser spreader

68

Nutrient Management Week: How to get full value from the fertiliser allowances for your farm

69

Nutrient Management Week: The timing of applications to maximise return

70

Nutrient Management Week: How Michael Carroll manages his slurry to drive grass growth

71

Nutrient Management Week: Effective use of nutrients and minimising losses with Philip Murphy & Pat Tuohy

72

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

73

Calf Rearing: Getting the Fundamentals Right

74

Repost: Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

75

Building a High-Performance Dairy Team: Lessons from South Dakota

76

Dairying in Dakota - the Rodney Elliott Story

77

Bluetongue Risk: Protecting Dairy Stock This Winter

78

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

79

Repost: Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026

80

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

81

Key actions for 2026 from the National Dairy Conference

82

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

83

Edmund Motherway, Student Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year

84

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

85

Dairy Conference Preview with Joe Patton

86

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

87

Water Quality in River Catchments with Philip Murphy

88

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

89

Dry Cow Period - getting the basics right

90

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

91

Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026

92

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

93

Time for lime

94

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

95

Selective Dry Cow Therapy - excellent management is the key to success

96

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

97

Optimising the Winter Diet for Liquid Milk Herds

98

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

99

ICBF Updates with Kevin Downing

100

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

101

Autumn Closing Planning

102

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

103

Soil Fertility Management after the Spreading Deadline

104

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

105

Reducing herd SCC this autumn

106

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

107

Collaborative Farming Options

108

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

109

Using the Signpost Advisory Programme to reduce the carbon footprint of your farm

110

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

111

Training the next generation of dairy farmers

112

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

113

Grazing Management Update & Autumn Grassland Management

114

Bonus Ep: Dairy farmers on their year so far

115

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

116

Managing lameness will improve herd performance

117

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

118

Time off and share farming for generational renewal

119

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

120

Farmyard Infrastructure – ‘Good design fixes all problems’

121

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

122

The National Farm Survey Preliminary Results 2024

123

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

124

The Benefits of Genotyping

125

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

126

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

127

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

128

Dairy Advisor Update with Padraig McCormack, Moorepark

129

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

130

Key management decisions for the performance of grass-clover swards

131

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

132

Achieving high levels of farm performance in a sustainable manner - a farmer’s perspective

133

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

134

Managing mid-season grass quality

135

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

136

Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business

137

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

138

Making enough silage but still having quality silage

139

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

140

Slurry storage - make use of the 60% grant

141

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

142

Sire Advice with ICBF’s Dan O’Riordan

143

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

144

Pa O'Hanlon & Claire McAuliffe on Pre-Breeding Management

145

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

146

The factors affecting milk fat % mid-season

147

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

148

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

149

How to increase your grassland performance

150

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

151

Irish Dairy Breeding with the ICBF’s Sean Coughlan

152

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

153

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

154

Future Farmer, David Fennelly, on his calving & grazing management

155

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

156

Tommy Cox’s Dairy Calf Sales Advice

157

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

158

Getting the most from milk recording

159

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

160

John McCabe’s Tips for Spring Grazing

161

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

162

Fertiliser or slurry - when to spread and how much to apply?

163

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

164

Tips for ensuring milk quality standards are high

165

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

166

How to best meet herd feed requirements this spring

167

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

168

What to consider when spreading organic fertilisers at this time of year

169

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

170

How to prepare for the busy spring period without compromising on performance

171

Planning for grass growth in 2025

172

The Grass10 Grazing Year in Review

173

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

174

The key messages from the Dairy Conference workshops

175

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

176

Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges

177

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

178

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

179

Get the basics right during the dry cow period

180

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

181

Joe Patton on how to make dairy farming more robust for the future

182

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

183

The importance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on farms

184

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

185

When is the right time to talk about succession?

186

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

187

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

188

The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium

189

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

190

Advisor Update - Managing current grass and winter feed supply

191

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

192

Heifer Rearing with Hazel Costigan

193

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

194

Advisor update from the grassroots

195

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

196

Reducing milking frequency with Emer Kennedy & Kieran McCarthy

197

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

198

Tipperary Calf to Beef Demo Farm Update

199

Your weekly Grass10 update with tips to achieving adequate grass supply

200

Neil Chesterton and Ger Cusack on Lameness

201

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

202

Trends in production costs and drivers of profit on Irish dairy farms

203

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

204

Soil fertility and maximising growth in the coming weeks

205

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

206

Assessing grazing infrastructure & how it can be improved

207

Building grass cover for autumn grazing with Denis Brassil

208

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

209

Your Weekly Grass10 Update and Áine Murray on soil mineralisation

210

Assessing winter feed stocks - what are the priority actions?

211

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

212

Better Farming for Water

213

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

214

Transitioning to low chemical nitrogen perennial ryegrass white clover swards

215

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

216

ProClova XL – the new herbicide for use in white clover swards and reseeds

217

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

218

The opportunities for dairy farmers to improve their environmental footprint

219

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

220

Bull choice for late breeding

221

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

222

Managing cashflow to make better financial decisions – a farmer's perspective

223

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

224

Milk residues and how to avoid them

225

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

226

Patrick O’Neill, Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year, discusses his farming system

227

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

228

The future of the grass seed industry

229

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

230

A deep dive into pasture quality with Dr. Mike Dineen

231

Grass10 Update: Wexford farmer, Michael Doran, on the management decisions for his farm this week

232

FRS Training: Best Practice in Milking

233

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

234

How to achieve a high level of milk performance over the coming months

235

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

236

DairyBeef 500 farmer, David Gannon, on his breeding plan for 2024

237

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

238

Dispelling some of the myths around TB (Bovine Tuberculosis)

239

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

240

Ensuring breeding success with maiden heifers

241

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

242

Managing the herd in the current weather conditions

243

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

244

Incorporating white clover into grassland swards

245

Weekly Grass10 Update

246

The future of Irish dairy breeding with ICBF CEO, Sean Coughlan

247

Weekly Grass10 Update

248

Improving silage quality within our dairy systems

249

Weekly Grass10 Update

250

How Liam Brophy’s home farm converted from drystock to dairy

251

Weekly Grass10 Update

252

The importance of genetics in dairy-beef systems to maximise performance & profitability

253

Weekly Grass10 Update

254

Dairy Market Outlook for 2024

255

Weekly Grass10 Update

256

Hazell Mullins on how to achieve high herd health status

257

Weekly Grass10 Update

258

Taking control of SCC in the early stages of lactation

259

Weekly Grass10 Update

260

The priority tasks for setting up the farm for the grazing season

261

Getting the balance between achieving optimum dairy cow intakes and good graze outs in early lactation

262

How to maximise the value of slurry

263

How some farmers are achieving an average 8 hour working day on farm

264

Making informed decisions regarding farm stocking rate

265

Wholefarm Nitrogen Use Efficiency

266

Why the Irish dairy industry has the capacity for continued growth

267

David Beca on the fundamentals of cost control in grazing systems

268

Results from the Teagasc Sustainability Report

269

How Meath's David Hannon uses data for better dairy farming

270

The questions to consider after a decade of expansion

271

The financial performance of dairy farms in 2023

272

The current fodder situation & advice for winter feed

273

Successfully implementing selective dry cow therapy for the drying off season

274

How to achieve a greater work-life balance through reduced milking frequency

275

The dairy farmers leading sustainability efforts

276

The options available to farmers impacted by the nitrates derogation reduction

277

Let's Talk Dairy: The Key Messages from the National Winter Milk Open Day

278

How to maximise the nutrient uptake and productivity from slurry on your farm

279

Let's Talk Dairy: Tools to keep grass in the diet longer this autumn

280

The key learnings from farm visits for Grassland Farmer of the Year applicants

281

Let's Talk Dairy: Labour requirements & efficiencies on-farm

282

Let's Talk Dairy: Managing costs and cashflow

283

Let's Talk Dairy: Dealing with current conditions as the focus turns to autumn grazing

284

Tackling Bovine Respiratory Disease

285

Let's Talk Dairy: An update from the Salesian Agricultural College, Pallaskenry Dairy Herd

286

Let’s Talk Dairy: The Pasture Profit Index

287

The benefits of red clover silage

288

Let's Talk Dairy: Key messages from Moorepark '23

289

Let's Talk Dairy: What's involved in the climate advisory programme for dairy farmers?

290

The drainage of grassland peat soils in Ireland

291

Let's Talk Dairy: Advisor's update from the grass roots

292

Let's Talk Dairy: Dairygold Programme update - a farmer's perspective

293

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges & opportunities facing the dairy industry

294

Let's Talk Dairy: Milking 10 times a week in the second half of lactation

295

What you need to know about the National Genotyping scheme

296

Let's Talk Dairy: Incorporating Clover into grass swards in Teagasc Ballyhaise

297

The role and importance of multi-species swards (MSS)

298

Let's Talk Dairy: Advisor's update from the grass roots

299

Let's Talk Dairy: Dairy Market Outlook for the second half of 2023

300

Let's Talk Dairy: Tipperary Calf to Beef Demo Farm

301

How to stay in control of somatic cell count (SCC) during the mid-lactation period

302

Let's Talk Dairy: Best Practice in Milking Routine

303

Let's Talk Dairy: Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme - Achieving Grazing Success

304

How to minimise nitrate loss in farming to help improve water quality

305

Let’s Talk Dairy: Aurivo Programme update - a farmer's perspective

306

Let's Talk Dairy: Advisor's update from the grass roots

307

Let's Talk Dairy: Matching stocking rate to grass grown

308

Let’s Talk Dairy: Breeding beef from the dairy herd

309

Let's Talk Dairy: Tirlán Focus Farmer update

310

Let's Talk Dairy: Nutrition of the spring calving cow ahead of breeding

311

Let's Talk Dairy: Sexed semen - a farmer's perspective

312

How pedigree herds are preparing for future challenges through their breeding

313

Let's Talk Dairy: Less than 100 SCC in first 100 days

314

Let’s Talk Dairy: Kerry Monitor Farms update - 1/3 through first rotation

315

The new Nitrates banding and the options available to you

316

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Johnstown Castle

317

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Lyons Estate

318

Let’s Talk Dairy: A review of dry matter intake in cows in early lactation

319

Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)

320

Let’s Talk Dairy: Supplementation guidelines for cows in early lactation

321

The importance of employer compliance and legislation

322

Let’s Talk Dairy: Best practice around weaning

323

Let’s Talk Dairy: Housing guidelines for young calves

324

A Game Changer for Calf Gut Health?

325

Let’s Talk Dairy: Managing scouring calves

326

Tommy the Vet on Getting the Basics of Calf Health Right

327

Let’s Talk Dairy: Milk feeding guidelines for young calves

328

A Preview of the IGA Dairy Conference

329

Pasturebase Ireland’s Míchéal O’Leary Reviews the 2022 Grass Year

330

Tips for Improving Milk Quality

331

Let’s Talk Dairy: Key messages from the National Dairy Conference

332

The Teagasc eProfit Monitor & the Benefits of Completing It

333

Insights from the visit of the New Zealand Special Agriculture Trade Envoy to Teagasc Dairygold Signpost Farmer, Sean Moher

334

Let’s Talk Dairy: A review of the key messages from recent Winter Milk events

335

People & Time Management Courses with Martina Gormley

336

Let’s Talk Dairy: Design and evaluation of cow roadways in Ireland

337

Let’s Talk Dairy: Recent study of lameness on Irish pasture-based dairy farms

338

Joe Patton Previews the 2022 National Dairy Conference

339

Let's Talk Dairy: Principal types of lameness

340

The Dairy Farming Experience in Kenya

341

Let's Talk Dairy: Roadway surfaces

342

Nitrates compliance issues for derogation and non-derogation farmers

343

Let’s Talk Dairy: Maiden Heifer Weight Targets

344

Key Learnings from the Heavy Soils Programme

345

Let's Talk Dairy: On-Off Grazing

346

The funded animal health consultations available to dairy farmers

347

Let's Talk Dairy: Milk Sensitivity Analysis

348

How to reduce greenhouse gas & ammonia emissions from your farm

349

Let's Talk Dairy: The Last Rotation

350

Autumn Closing Strategy

351

Let's Talk Dairy: Managing Somatic Cell Count in late lactation

352

What the changes coming in January mean for dry cow treatment

353

Let's Talk Dairy: Changes to Closed Periods - Slurry

354

How to Make Contract Rearing a Success

355

Bonus Ep: The Dairy Edge Reaches Half a Million Listens – highlights from some of its most popular episodes

356

How to keep improving your soil fertility

357

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Current grazing conditions and advice

358

Reviewing the grassland situation and advice for the remainder of the grazing season

359

Should you cull empty cows early or milk them until December?

360

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Update on Grass Supply

361

The Integration of Multi-Species Swards into Dairy Farm Systems

362

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Advice for Farmer Respiratory Health

363

Grass10 Champion, Colin Doherty, on building a repeatable grass-based system

364

Strategies to tackle and lift soil fertility

365

Lameness: its cause and appropriate treatment strategies

366

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter Fodder

367

Early indications of the success of the 2022 breeding season

368

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Building Autumn Grass Cover

369

The optimum feeding rates to complement grass supply

370

Minister McConalogue’s Vision for the Future of Dairy

371

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: An Overview of the Ballyhaise Open Day

372

Examining Farm Incomes

373

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Laurence Feeney and the role of the IHFA in Irish dairy breeding

374

Matching stocking rate and feed supply to annual grass growth profile

375

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Preliminary Results from the 2021 National Farm Survey

376

Pushing the boundaries on dairy farm performance in the BMW region

377

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Marginal Cow

378

Olin Greenan on his production system to match grass grown & coping with the prolonged NZ summer drought

379

Olin Greenan on developing his dairy farming career in New Zealand over the last 20 years

380

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Sustainability & Irish dairy farming

381

The 50 year evolution of the dairy herd at Kildalton College

382

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: the best beef bulls to select for the breeding season

383

Feed quality and genetics delivering for the winter milk herd at Johnstown

384

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Steps to Make Quality Silage

385

Pushing milk solids per ha from grazed grass at Shinagh Farm

386

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season Progress

387

Understanding, reducing and treating lameness in cows

388

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: the Factors that Affect Milk Fat %

389

How to keep control of the grass on your farm, maintain quality and avoid feed waste

390

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Reduced Crude Protein Diets Requirement Under Derogation

391

How to make potential savings to feed reserves this year

392

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Teagasc Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management

393

Will a strong milk price maintain profit margins in the face of rising production costs?

394

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Nitrogen fertiliser for silage ground

395

The key drivers for a successful breeding season

396

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Pre-breeding management

397

The productivity and financial gain from dairy cross-breeding

398

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Selective breeding for enhanced genetic gain and better beef

399

The establishment and management of white clover through over-sowing

400

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: When to start the second round in 2022

401

Best practice for management of heifers in seasonal calving systems

402

Fertiliser strategies for silage ground with current supply and cost issues

403

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Synchronisation Protocols for 2022 Breeding Season

404

How to make the best breeding decisions to maximise the genetic gain of your herd

405

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording

406

Dairy farmer, Mike Bermingham, on his February grazing & calving season and advice for the remainder of the first rotation

407

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Coping with tricky grazing conditions & planning for March

408

The proactive steps to take to promote low cell count in early lactation

409

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: OAD Milking to manage spring workload

410

Milk recording: differentiating between DIY and manual milk recording events

411

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Record Keeping

412

‘The Moovet’, Eamon O’Connell, on the common ailments on dairy farms since the onset of calving

413

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Plan for Spring Grazing 2022

414

Tips for feeding the freshly calved cow whilst also hitting grazing targets during the first grazing rotation

415

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Spring N - when should you spread?

416

Can you reduce the length of your working day?

417

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Replacers

418

Protecting your farm income in 2022

419

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Buffer Zones in Agriculture

420

Strategies to cope with rising fertiliser prices

421

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Eamonn Connaughton on maintaining a high profit margin despite lower production with once-a-day milking

422

Tactical use of once-a-day milking to reduce daily workload in early lactation

423

Best practice in calf rearing ahead of calving

424

Matt Ryan Part 2: How dairy farmers have adapted in an effort to achieve technical excellence

425

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Costings of nitrogen fertiliser products

426

Matt Ryan Part 1: On the challenges that dairy farmers have encountered & overcome in the last five decades

427

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Analysing your farm's performance

428

From nursing to dairy farming in the Burren

429

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Knowing your Carbon Footprint

430

Can you reduce your labour input during the upcoming calving season?

431

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Organic Dairy

432

Are you On Feirm Ground? Maintaining resilience in an ever changing dairy sector

433

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: One Health Approach

434

Is organic dairy farming for you?

435

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Taking Stock for 2021

436

Good animal health for optimal farm productivity

437

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: When to finish grazing

438

Are improved environmental efficiencies compatible with farm profit?

439

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Getting prepared for dry off

440

The research into what leads to success or failure when using sealer-only at dry-off

441

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Selective Dry Cow Therapy

442

Insights & Key Learnings from Grassland Farmer of the Year Caroline Walsh

443

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter housing facilities

444

Ed Payne on the work-life balance that allows him run his dairy farm and compete in ultramarathons

445

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: System drift in dairy farming in Ireland

446

The incidence of TB in dairy herds

447

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Proposed nitrate excretion bands for dairy cows

448

Improved farm practices that are reducing emissions at farm level

449

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Planning for drying off for 2021

450

What will the dairy farm workplace look like in 2030?

451

How the Dairy Beef Index is adding value to Irish dairy and beef herds

452

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Replacement Management

453

Making your milking process more labour and energy efficient

454

How will the new Nitrates policy impact your farm business?

455

The role of reproductive technologies in maximising your herd’s potential

456

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Fertiliser and closing off strategy

457

Laurence Shalloo on the Impact of Nitrogen Management Strategies

458

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Managing Hedgerows

459

How to increase your grass cover if behind target

460

Pat Dillon previews the 2021 Moorepark Open Day

461

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Economics around late calving cows

462

Danny Bermingham on flexible management to achieve top performance on challenging soils

463

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grazing Utilisation Star Index

464

Winning the second half of the lactation - how to avoid the pitfalls

465

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Autumn Grass Strategy

466

What will make you an employer of choice?

467

Sun Smart Tips for Dairy Farmers

468

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Setting up your Fertiliser Spreader

469

The potential risks on Irish dairy farms during the summer months

470

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Smarter Milking

471

Can the Irish Agri sector achieve emission reduction targets?

472

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Roadways and Water Systems

473

Jason Melbourne on taking his herd from average to top performance in three short years

474

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milking Machine Maintenance

475

George Ramsbottom and the factors to consider for when to pull the bull

476

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season

477

Donegal farmer Richard Starrett on championing high quality milk

478

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Nitrogen planning & application

479

The practical steps to overcoming issues on farms with heavier soils

480

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Fertiliser for second cut silage / surplus bales

481

The rise of antimicrobial resistance and key practices to minimise the risk in your dairy herd

482

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weekly Fertility Report

483

The targets to maximise grass utilisation and minimise costs during the main grazing season

484

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass Management

485

How to maximise pregnancy rates across the remainder of the breeding season

486

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Cutting For Quality Silage

487

Quantifying the impact of recent growth rates on 1st cut silage crops

488

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weed Control

489

SCC in early lactation following selective dry cow therapy

490

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording Reports

491

The Additive Trials Reporting an 80% Reduction in Methane Emissions

492

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Establishing grass-white clover swards

493

Maintaining grass growth at lower levels of chemical Nitrogen

494

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Sexed Semen

495

Tips and advice on best practice for reseeding

496

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Bull Selection Targets

497

Flattening the curve will lead to €130 million loss at farm level annually

498

The key practices to achieve a 90% three-week submission rate

499

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: ASSAP and Farmers Impact on Water Quality

500

Achieving high conception rates using sexed semen

501

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass10 Update

502

How to Maintain & Improve Water Quality

503

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Munster Bovine health screening

504

The key traits in dairy replacements to maximise income

505

Advice for getting your grazing back on track in March

506

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Body condition score at calving

507

Key tips to reducing SCC

508

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Early Lactation

509

How to maximise the health and welfare of the cow and calf around calving

510

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The practicalities of Spring grazing

511

The potential of Protected Urea to reduce emissions whilst maintaining grass production

512

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Night time calving

513

Farmer Focus: David O’Leary, Grass 10 Young Farmer of the Year

514

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Fever

515

A suitable fertiliser programme for the spring months ahead

516

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Once-a-Day Milking with Farmer Michael John Delaney

517

Feeding the dairy cow and achieving spring grazing targets in early lactation

518

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Improving your nutrient use efficiency

519

How to maximise the health of the newborn calf in the early days

520

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Using a Yearly Planner to Organise Yours

521

The steps to achieving a successful OAD milking system

522

How to minimise workload and reduce stress during the busy spring period

523

The Dairy Year in Review Part 2

524

The Dairy Year in Review Part 1

525

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Ag-Climatise report and ammonia emissions

526

The technical performance of the dairy herd at Kildalton

527

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Managing Your Time to Maximum Effect

528

How to achieve target performance through simple, proven technologies

529

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Body Condition

530

How to establish white clover in grazing swards

531

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Working Efficiently

532

The Surveillance and Early Detection of Disease in Ireland’s National Herd

533

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: GHG Emissions

534

Sustainable Dairy Farming and the Challenges Ahead

535

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Making Dairy Farms an Attractive Place to Work

536

A Checklist of Important Tasks for the Coming Months

537

The Three Priorities of Autumn Grazing

538

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The performance of the winter milk herd at Johnstown Castle

539

The Opportunities & Barriers to Dry Stock Farmers Working on Dairy Farms

540

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Selecting Cows for Selective Dry Cow Therapy

541

What’s in Budget 2021 for Dairy Farmers?

542

Insights and experience of selective dry cow therapy from Pallaskenry

543

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Fitzgerald Family Farm Virtual Farm Walk

544

Maintaining health and safety in the busy farm workplace

545

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: John Trant 2019 Young Grassland Farmer of the Year

546

Incorporating biodiversity into a high performing dairy farm

547

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The inclusion of white clover in grazing swards

548

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Derogation and Farm Management Points to Note

549

Dairy Grassland Farmer of the Year, Mike Bermingham, outlines his strategy for the final grazing rotation

550

Running a 60-cow dairy farm and a full-time off farm job

551

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Managing grass and grass supply

552

How to reduce emissions while maintaining milk output and profit

553

Key Practices for Nitrates Derogation Farmers

554

Making farming easier and more enjoyable through labour efficiencies

555

Michael Doran on his decision to convert from drystock to dairy farming

556

How to use the Lean model to make savings and increase efficiencies on your farm

557

Johnstown Castle Winter and Spring Milk Herds Update

558

How to Save on Energy Costs on Your Dairy Farm

559

Is it time to pull the bull?

560

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Anthelmintic resistance in gut worms of cattle

561

Tips to improve the quality of grazing swards

562

The profitability to organic dairy production systems

563

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording with Don Crowley

564

The Benefits of Biodiversity for Irish Dairy Farms

565

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Careers in Dairy Farming

566

Tips on recovery from drought conditions

567

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Dairy Farm Financial Outlook and Management Advice for 2020

568

Grass 10 Champion Bryan Daniels on running a sustainable and profitable dairy farm

569

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Sustainable Dairy Farming with the Fennelly Farmers

570

Getting to grips with a cash shortfall

571

Tips to reduce the parasite challenge in replacement stock

572

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Using Beef Bulls on the Dairy Herd

573

Young Farmer of the Year Liam Hanrahan and achieving top performance on a heavy farm

574

Nutrition for peak milk production

575

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Protected Urea & Weaning Calves

576

Minimising the spread of mastitis in mid-lactation

577

The Dairy sector response to COVID-19

578

Why Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are important for dairy farms

579

Updates to the EBI including sire selection for heifers

580

Tips to control grass as growth rates surge

581

Tips to prepare cows for breeding & criteria to generate the best genetics for your herd

582

Maintaining health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 challenge

583

Managing workload and staff through COVID-19

584

Johnstown Castle performance update for the winter and spring herds

585

Understanding soil saturation and supplement requirements in the current conditions

586

Coping with the consequences of heavy rainfall

587

Early milk recording for health and profit gains

588

Getting grazed grass into the dairy cow diet through challenging weather conditions

589

Managing energy balance and metabolic disorders in early lactation

590

Short-term OAD milking to reduce peak labour demand

591

The Profitability on Dairy Farms in 2019

592

Milking 800 cows once a day in two herds

593

Tackling the growing disconnect between kids and farming

594

Succession Planning for Family Farms

595

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 2

596

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 1

597

Returning from Dublin to Kerry - Karol Kissane's Dairy Farming Story

598

How do Irish dairy farmers perform when it comes to calf welfare?

599

Top tips for successful farm planning

600

The methods to increase calf rearing facilities

601

Are your calf rearing facilities adequate ahead of spring 2020?

602

The current grassland situation on farms across the country

603

Is my herd suitable for selective dry cow therapy?

604

Getting the heifer rearing process right

605

The Future of Nitrates Derogation

606

Budget 2020 for Dairy Farmers

607

The liming protocol to achieve €6 for every €1 invested

608

Key tips to maximise the health of your herd

609

The plan for Irish agriculture to tackle greenhouse gas emissions

610

The Importance of a Good Milking Routine with Padraig O’Connor Pt 2

611

Top Tips for a Good Milking Routine with Padraig O’Connor Pt 1

612

The key traits that drive profitable winter milk systems

613

An Update on the Performance of the Spring & Winter Milking Herds

614

Autumn grazing management guidelines

615

Creating a fodder reserve to reduce risk to farm business

616

Insights and key learnings from the New Zealand dairy sector

617

The benefits of white clover inclusion

618

The move to chlorine-free on farm

619

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

620

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

621

How dairy expansion has impacted the Irish economy

622

New cost-effective methods of slurry spreading

623

Analysis of the growth and expansion of the national dairy herd

624

Why you should include white clover in grazing swards

625

Results of the 2018 Teagasc National Farm Survey

626

The current grassland situation on farm and a look at future growth rate predictions

627

Previewing Moorepark 2019 – the Teagasc National Dairy Open Day

628

Hoof health and dairy herd mobility

629

The re-seeding process step-by-step

630

The benefits and return on investment from reseeding

631

Mike Bermingham's journey from construction to dairy farmer

632

The new Dairy Beef Index explained

633

Tips for optimising breeding performance

634

Grassland Management Tips

635

An interview with Grass 10 Champion, John McNamara

636

Top tips for sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

637

An update on the performance of the Johnstown Castle herd

638

Spring Grazing Update & Advice

639

The economic benefits of milk recording

640

Improving your mental health on the farm

641

The effects Brexit will have on Irish agriculture

642

Improving your soil fertility

643

How to best manage your grassland in February

644

Is contract rearing for you?

645

The True Value of Grazed Grass

646

How to attract and keep staff on Irish dairy farms

647

Minimising the workload on your farm this spring

648

Tackling emissions on dairy farms

649

Dairy Farm Review of the Year

650

The Australian system for managing non-replacement dairy calves

651

The role of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds

652

Advice for the current grassland situation on farm

653

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

654

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

655

The 5 minute cash flow plan to help you through the winter

656

A Preview of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference

657

Research & findings from the High Input-High Output herd at UCD

658

Why forage crops are an option for this winter

659

The best practice and financial benefits for optimum dry cow procedure

660

Filling the feed deficit this winter

661

Effective labour management for a work-life balance

662

Ed Payne and achieving high levels of grass utilisation

663

The common mistakes and what's needed for successful farm partnerships

664

The opportunities and benefits of collaborative farming

665

Management through this secondary drought

666

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

667

Identifying the best and worst cows in your dairy herd

668

How to achieve higher grass production and utilisation

669

Farming tips from Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell

670

The importance of hygiene and sustainability on the Walsh farm

671

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

672

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

673

How to cope with the summer drought conditions

674

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

675

Achieve work-life balance with once-a-day milking

676

How to maximise grass utilisation during a drought

677

Use of once-a-day milking to reduce labour demand

678

Why robots are the future of milking

679

Striking the balance between silage quality and quantity

680

How to achieve fertility targets during the breeding season

681

The use of genomic selection to maximise profitability

682

Mid-Season Grassland Management

683

How to maximise silage yields to replenish silage stocks

684

Dairy Farm Profitability

685

After a tough spring, how to get cows fit for breeding

686

Sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

687

How to deal with the current grassland situation

688

Once-a-day calf feeding

689

Managing the dairy cow and grassland after Storm Emma

690

Udder Health

691

Dairy Breeding

692

Spring Grassland Management

693

Feeding dairy cows in early lactation

694

Caring for newborn calves

695

Labour and Grassland Management

696

Spring Fertiliser & Fodder