All Episodes

Grass to Cash: Driving profit through better grazing

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

How Reseeding Supports Higher Performance

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

White Clover: Benefits, Challenges & Learnings with Mike Egan

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dairy Management Tips for April

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Better Farming for Water with Pat Dillon

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

The Future of Irish Dairy Breeding with Donagh Berry

ICBF Breeding Guidelines

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

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

March Management Tips with John Maher and Mike Bermingham

The Road to 2030: A Clear Direction for Irish Dairy

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Reducing your workload on dairy farms this spring

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

TB Update: Understanding the recent changes for your dairy herd

Nutrient Management Week: Setting up the fertiliser spreader

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

Nutrient Management Week: The timing of applications to maximise return

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

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Calf Rearing: Getting the Fundamentals Right

Repost: Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

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

Dairying in Dakota - the Rodney Elliott Story

Bluetongue Risk: Protecting Dairy Stock This Winter

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Key actions for 2026 from the National Dairy Conference

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Edmund Motherway, Student Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dairy Conference Preview with Joe Patton

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Water Quality in River Catchments with Philip Murphy

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dry Cow Period - getting the basics right

Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Time for lime

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Optimising the Winter Diet for Liquid Milk Herds

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

ICBF Updates with Kevin Downing

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Autumn Closing Planning

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Soil Fertility Management after the Spreading Deadline

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Reducing herd SCC this autumn

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Collaborative Farming Options

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Training the next generation of dairy farmers

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Grazing Management Update & Autumn Grassland Management

Bonus Ep: Dairy farmers on their year so far

Managing lameness will improve herd performance

Time off and share farming for generational renewal

Farmyard Infrastructure – ‘Good design fixes all problems’

The National Farm Survey Preliminary Results 2024

The Benefits of Genotyping

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

Dairy Advisor Update with Padraig McCormack, Moorepark

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Key management decisions for the performance of grass-clover swards

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

Managing mid-season grass quality

Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business

Making enough silage but still having quality silage

Slurry storage - make use of the 60% grant

Sire Advice with ICBF’s Dan O’Riordan

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

The factors affecting milk fat % mid-season

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

How to increase your grassland performance

Irish Dairy Breeding with the ICBF’s Sean Coughlan

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

Tommy Cox’s Dairy Calf Sales Advice

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Getting the most from milk recording

John McCabe’s Tips for Spring Grazing

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Tips for ensuring milk quality standards are high

How to best meet herd feed requirements this spring

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Planning for grass growth in 2025

The Grass10 Grazing Year in Review

The key messages from the Dairy Conference workshops

Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges

Get the basics right during the dry cow period

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

The importance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on farms

When is the right time to talk about succession?

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium

Advisor Update - Managing current grass and winter feed supply

Heifer Rearing with Hazel Costigan

Advisor update from the grassroots

Reducing milking frequency with Emer Kennedy & Kieran McCarthy

Tipperary Calf to Beef Demo Farm Update

Your weekly Grass10 update with tips to achieving adequate grass supply

Neil Chesterton and Ger Cusack on Lameness

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

Soil fertility and maximising growth in the coming weeks

Assessing grazing infrastructure & how it can be improved

Building grass cover for autumn grazing with Denis Brassil

Your Weekly Grass10 Update and Áine Murray on soil mineralisation

Assessing winter feed stocks - what are the priority actions?

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Better Farming for Water

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Transitioning to low chemical nitrogen perennial ryegrass white clover swards

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

The opportunities for dairy farmers to improve their environmental footprint

Bull choice for late breeding

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Milk residues and how to avoid them

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

The future of the grass seed industry

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

A deep dive into pasture quality with Dr. Mike Dineen

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

FRS Training: Best Practice in Milking

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Dispelling some of the myths around TB (Bovine Tuberculosis)

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Ensuring breeding success with maiden heifers

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Managing the herd in the current weather conditions

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

Incorporating white clover into grassland swards

Weekly Grass10 Update

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

Improving silage quality within our dairy systems

Weekly Grass10 Update

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

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

Weekly Grass10 Update

Dairy Market Outlook for 2024

Weekly Grass10 Update

Hazell Mullins on how to achieve high herd health status

Weekly Grass10 Update

Taking control of SCC in the early stages of lactation

Weekly Grass10 Update

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

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

How to maximise the value of slurry

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

Making informed decisions regarding farm stocking rate

Wholefarm Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Why the Irish dairy industry has the capacity for continued growth

David Beca on the fundamentals of cost control in grazing systems

Results from the Teagasc Sustainability Report

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

The questions to consider after a decade of expansion

The financial performance of dairy farms in 2023

The current fodder situation & advice for winter feed

Successfully implementing selective dry cow therapy for the drying off season

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

The dairy farmers leading sustainability efforts

The options available to farmers impacted by the nitrates derogation reduction

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

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

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

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

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

Let's Talk Dairy: Managing costs and cashflow

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

Tackling Bovine Respiratory Disease

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

Let’s Talk Dairy: The Pasture Profit Index

The benefits of red clover silage

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

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

The drainage of grassland peat soils in Ireland

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

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

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges & opportunities facing the dairy industry

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

What you need to know about the National Genotyping scheme

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let's Talk Dairy: Best Practice in Milking Routine

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let's Talk Dairy: Tirlán Focus Farmer update

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

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

How pedigree herds are preparing for future challenges through their breeding

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

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

The new Nitrates banding and the options available to you

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Johnstown Castle

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Lyons Estate

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

Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)

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

The importance of employer compliance and legislation

Let’s Talk Dairy: Best practice around weaning

Let’s Talk Dairy: Housing guidelines for young calves

A Game Changer for Calf Gut Health?

Let’s Talk Dairy: Managing scouring calves

Tommy the Vet on Getting the Basics of Calf Health Right

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

A Preview of the IGA Dairy Conference

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

Tips for Improving Milk Quality

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

The Teagasc eProfit Monitor & the Benefits of Completing It

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

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

People & Time Management Courses with Martina Gormley

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

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

Joe Patton Previews the 2022 National Dairy Conference

Let's Talk Dairy: Principal types of lameness

The Dairy Farming Experience in Kenya

Let's Talk Dairy: Roadway surfaces

Nitrates compliance issues for derogation and non-derogation farmers

Let’s Talk Dairy: Maiden Heifer Weight Targets

Key Learnings from the Heavy Soils Programme

Let's Talk Dairy: On-Off Grazing

The funded animal health consultations available to dairy farmers

Let's Talk Dairy: Milk Sensitivity Analysis

How to reduce greenhouse gas & ammonia emissions from your farm

Let's Talk Dairy: The Last Rotation

Autumn Closing Strategy

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

What the changes coming in January mean for dry cow treatment

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

How to Make Contract Rearing a Success

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

How to keep improving your soil fertility

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

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

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

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

The Integration of Multi-Species Swards into Dairy Farm Systems

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

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

Strategies to tackle and lift soil fertility

Lameness: its cause and appropriate treatment strategies

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter Fodder

Early indications of the success of the 2022 breeding season

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

The optimum feeding rates to complement grass supply

Minister McConalogue’s Vision for the Future of Dairy

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

Examining Farm Incomes

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

Matching stocking rate and feed supply to annual grass growth profile

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

Pushing the boundaries on dairy farm performance in the BMW region

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Marginal Cow

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

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

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

The 50 year evolution of the dairy herd at Kildalton College

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

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

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

Pushing milk solids per ha from grazed grass at Shinagh Farm

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season Progress

Understanding, reducing and treating lameness in cows

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

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

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

How to make potential savings to feed reserves this year

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

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

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

The key drivers for a successful breeding season

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

The productivity and financial gain from dairy cross-breeding

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

The establishment and management of white clover through over-sowing

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

Best practice for management of heifers in seasonal calving systems

Fertiliser strategies for silage ground with current supply and cost issues

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

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

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording

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

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

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

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

Milk recording: differentiating between DIY and manual milk recording events

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Record Keeping

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

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

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

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

Can you reduce the length of your working day?

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Replacers

Protecting your farm income in 2022

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

Strategies to cope with rising fertiliser prices

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

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

Best practice in calf rearing ahead of calving

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

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

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

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

From nursing to dairy farming in the Burren

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

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

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Organic Dairy

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

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: One Health Approach

Is organic dairy farming for you?

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

Good animal health for optimal farm productivity

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

Are improved environmental efficiencies compatible with farm profit?

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

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

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter housing facilities

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

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

The incidence of TB in dairy herds

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

Improved farm practices that are reducing emissions at farm level

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

What will the dairy farm workplace look like in 2030?

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Replacement Management

Making your milking process more labour and energy efficient

How will the new Nitrates policy impact your farm business?

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

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

Laurence Shalloo on the Impact of Nitrogen Management Strategies

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Managing Hedgerows

How to increase your grass cover if behind target

Pat Dillon previews the 2021 Moorepark Open Day

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

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

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Autumn Grass Strategy

What will make you an employer of choice?

Sun Smart Tips for Dairy Farmers

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

The potential risks on Irish dairy farms during the summer months

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Smarter Milking

Can the Irish Agri sector achieve emission reduction targets?

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milking Machine Maintenance

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season

Donegal farmer Richard Starrett on championing high quality milk

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

The practical steps to overcoming issues on farms with heavier soils

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weekly Fertility Report

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass Management

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

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weed Control

SCC in early lactation following selective dry cow therapy

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording Reports

The Additive Trials Reporting an 80% Reduction in Methane Emissions

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

Maintaining grass growth at lower levels of chemical Nitrogen

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Sexed Semen

Tips and advice on best practice for reseeding

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Bull Selection Targets

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

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

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

Achieving high conception rates using sexed semen

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass10 Update

How to Maintain & Improve Water Quality

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

The key traits in dairy replacements to maximise income

Advice for getting your grazing back on track in March

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

Key tips to reducing SCC

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Early Lactation

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

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

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Night time calving

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Fever

A suitable fertiliser programme for the spring months ahead

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

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

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

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

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

The steps to achieving a successful OAD milking system

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

The Dairy Year in Review Part 2

The Dairy Year in Review Part 1

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

The technical performance of the dairy herd at Kildalton

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

How to achieve target performance through simple, proven technologies

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Body Condition

How to establish white clover in grazing swards

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Working Efficiently

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

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: GHG Emissions

Sustainable Dairy Farming and the Challenges Ahead

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

A Checklist of Important Tasks for the Coming Months

The Three Priorities of Autumn Grazing

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

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

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

What’s in Budget 2021 for Dairy Farmers?

Insights and experience of selective dry cow therapy from Pallaskenry

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

Maintaining health and safety in the busy farm workplace

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

Incorporating biodiversity into a high performing dairy farm

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

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

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

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

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

How to reduce emissions while maintaining milk output and profit

Key Practices for Nitrates Derogation Farmers

Making farming easier and more enjoyable through labour efficiencies

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

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

Johnstown Castle Winter and Spring Milk Herds Update

How to Save on Energy Costs on Your Dairy Farm

Is it time to pull the bull?

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

Tips to improve the quality of grazing swards

The profitability to organic dairy production systems

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

The Benefits of Biodiversity for Irish Dairy Farms

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

Tips on recovery from drought conditions

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

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

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

Getting to grips with a cash shortfall

Tips to reduce the parasite challenge in replacement stock

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

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

Nutrition for peak milk production

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

Minimising the spread of mastitis in mid-lactation

The Dairy sector response to COVID-19

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

Updates to the EBI including sire selection for heifers

Tips to control grass as growth rates surge

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

Maintaining health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 challenge

Managing workload and staff through COVID-19

Johnstown Castle performance update for the winter and spring herds

Understanding soil saturation and supplement requirements in the current conditions

Coping with the consequences of heavy rainfall

Early milk recording for health and profit gains

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

Managing energy balance and metabolic disorders in early lactation

Short-term OAD milking to reduce peak labour demand

The Profitability on Dairy Farms in 2019

Milking 800 cows once a day in two herds

Tackling the growing disconnect between kids and farming

Succession Planning for Family Farms

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 2

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 1

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

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

Top tips for successful farm planning

The methods to increase calf rearing facilities

Are your calf rearing facilities adequate ahead of spring 2020?

The current grassland situation on farms across the country

Is my herd suitable for selective dry cow therapy?

Getting the heifer rearing process right

The Future of Nitrates Derogation

Budget 2020 for Dairy Farmers

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

Key tips to maximise the health of your herd

The plan for Irish agriculture to tackle greenhouse gas emissions

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

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

The key traits that drive profitable winter milk systems

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

Autumn grazing management guidelines

Creating a fodder reserve to reduce risk to farm business

Insights and key learnings from the New Zealand dairy sector

The benefits of white clover inclusion

The move to chlorine-free on farm

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

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

How dairy expansion has impacted the Irish economy

New cost-effective methods of slurry spreading

Analysis of the growth and expansion of the national dairy herd

Why you should include white clover in grazing swards

Results of the 2018 Teagasc National Farm Survey

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

Previewing Moorepark 2019 – the Teagasc National Dairy Open Day

Hoof health and dairy herd mobility

The re-seeding process step-by-step

The benefits and return on investment from reseeding

Mike Bermingham's journey from construction to dairy farmer

The new Dairy Beef Index explained

Tips for optimising breeding performance

Grassland Management Tips

An interview with Grass 10 Champion, John McNamara

Top tips for sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

An update on the performance of the Johnstown Castle herd

Spring Grazing Update & Advice

The economic benefits of milk recording

Improving your mental health on the farm

The effects Brexit will have on Irish agriculture

Improving your soil fertility

How to best manage your grassland in February

Is contract rearing for you?

The True Value of Grazed Grass

How to attract and keep staff on Irish dairy farms

Minimising the workload on your farm this spring

Tackling emissions on dairy farms

Dairy Farm Review of the Year

The Australian system for managing non-replacement dairy calves

The role of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds

Advice for the current grassland situation on farm

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

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

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

A Preview of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference

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

Why forage crops are an option for this winter

The best practice and financial benefits for optimum dry cow procedure

Filling the feed deficit this winter

Effective labour management for a work-life balance

Ed Payne and achieving high levels of grass utilisation

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

The opportunities and benefits of collaborative farming

Management through this secondary drought

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

Identifying the best and worst cows in your dairy herd

How to achieve higher grass production and utilisation

Farming tips from Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell

The importance of hygiene and sustainability on the Walsh farm

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

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

How to cope with the summer drought conditions

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

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

How to maximise grass utilisation during a drought

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

Why robots are the future of milking

Striking the balance between silage quality and quantity

How to achieve fertility targets during the breeding season

The use of genomic selection to maximise profitability

Mid-Season Grassland Management

How to maximise silage yields to replenish silage stocks

Dairy Farm Profitability

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

Sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

How to deal with the current grassland situation

Once-a-day calf feeding

Managing the dairy cow and grassland after Storm Emma

Udder Health

Dairy Breeding

Spring Grassland Management

Feeding dairy cows in early lactation

Caring for newborn calves

Labour and Grassland Management

Spring Fertiliser & Fodder