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The Dairy Edge — 681 episodes

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1

Trying to get time off - help others to help you

2

Advisory Update: What's happening on the ground?

3

Managing stock in drought or near drought conditions

4

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

5

Dairy Calf to Beef – What Does the Future Hold?

6

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

7

Managing Fertiliser Decisions in Dry Conditions

8

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

9

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

10

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

11

Award-Winning Dairy Farming with Tom and Michael Ryan

12

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

13

Low Nitrogen Dairy Farming: The Role of White Clover

14

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

15

Next Gen 2 and Kilworth Farm Update

16

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

17

Breeding 2026: the need for a strong finish

18

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

19

Why Grazed Grass Still Wins on Feed Costs

20

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

21

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

22

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

23

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

24

Claire Mooney on Water Quality Tips

25

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

26

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

27

Grass to Cash: Driving profit through better grazing

28

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

29

How Reseeding Supports Higher Performance

30

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

31

White Clover: Benefits, Challenges & Learnings with Mike Egan

32

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

33

Dairy Management Tips for April

34

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

35

Better Farming for Water with Pat Dillon

36

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

37

The Future of Irish Dairy Breeding with Donagh Berry

38

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

39

ICBF Breeding Guidelines

40

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

41

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

42

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

43

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

44

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

45

March Management Tips with John Maher and Mike Bermingham

46

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

47

The Road to 2030: A Clear Direction for Irish Dairy

48

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

49

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

50

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

51

Reducing your workload on dairy farms this spring

52

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

53

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

54

TB Update: Understanding the recent changes for your dairy herd

55

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

56

Nutrient Management Week: Setting up the fertiliser spreader

57

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

58

Nutrient Management Week: The timing of applications to maximise return

59

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

60

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

61

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

62

Calf Rearing: Getting the Fundamentals Right

63

Repost: Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

64

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

65

Dairying in Dakota - the Rodney Elliott Story

66

Bluetongue Risk: Protecting Dairy Stock This Winter

67

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

68

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

69

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

70

Key actions for 2026 from the National Dairy Conference

71

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

72

Edmund Motherway, Student Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year

73

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

74

Dairy Conference Preview with Joe Patton

75

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

76

Water Quality in River Catchments with Philip Murphy

77

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

78

Dry Cow Period - getting the basics right

79

Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026

80

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

81

Time for lime

82

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

83

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

84

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

85

Optimising the Winter Diet for Liquid Milk Herds

86

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

87

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

88

ICBF Updates with Kevin Downing

89

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

90

Autumn Closing Planning

91

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

92

Soil Fertility Management after the Spreading Deadline

93

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

94

Reducing herd SCC this autumn

95

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

96

Collaborative Farming Options

97

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

98

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

99

Training the next generation of dairy farmers

100

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

101

Grazing Management Update & Autumn Grassland Management

102

Bonus Ep: Dairy farmers on their year so far

103

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

104

Managing lameness will improve herd performance

105

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

106

Time off and share farming for generational renewal

107

Farmyard Infrastructure – ‘Good design fixes all problems’

108

The National Farm Survey Preliminary Results 2024

109

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

110

The Benefits of Genotyping

111

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

112

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry

113

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

114

Dairy Advisor Update with Padraig McCormack, Moorepark

115

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

116

Key management decisions for the performance of grass-clover swards

117

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

118

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

119

Managing mid-season grass quality

120

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

121

Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business

122

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

123

Making enough silage but still having quality silage

124

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

125

Slurry storage - make use of the 60% grant

126

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

127

Sire Advice with ICBF’s Dan O’Riordan

128

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

129

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

130

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

131

The factors affecting milk fat % mid-season

132

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

133

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

134

How to increase your grassland performance

135

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

136

Irish Dairy Breeding with the ICBF’s Sean Coughlan

137

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

138

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

139

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

140

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

141

Tommy Cox’s Dairy Calf Sales Advice

142

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

143

Getting the most from milk recording

144

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

145

John McCabe’s Tips for Spring Grazing

146

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

147

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

148

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

149

Tips for ensuring milk quality standards are high

150

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

151

How to best meet herd feed requirements this spring

152

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

153

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

154

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

155

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

156

Planning for grass growth in 2025

157

The Grass10 Grazing Year in Review

158

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

159

The key messages from the Dairy Conference workshops

160

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

161

Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges

162

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

163

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

164

Get the basics right during the dry cow period

165

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

166

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

167

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

168

The importance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on farms

169

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

170

When is the right time to talk about succession?

171

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

172

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

173

The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium

174

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

175

Advisor Update - Managing current grass and winter feed supply

176

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

177

Heifer Rearing with Hazel Costigan

178

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

179

Advisor update from the grassroots

180

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

181

Reducing milking frequency with Emer Kennedy & Kieran McCarthy

182

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

183

Tipperary Calf to Beef Demo Farm Update

184

Your weekly Grass10 update with tips to achieving adequate grass supply

185

Neil Chesterton and Ger Cusack on Lameness

186

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

187

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

188

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

189

Soil fertility and maximising growth in the coming weeks

190

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

191

Assessing grazing infrastructure & how it can be improved

192

Building grass cover for autumn grazing with Denis Brassil

193

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

194

Your Weekly Grass10 Update and Áine Murray on soil mineralisation

195

Assessing winter feed stocks - what are the priority actions?

196

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

197

Better Farming for Water

198

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

199

Transitioning to low chemical nitrogen perennial ryegrass white clover swards

200

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

201

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

202

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

203

The opportunities for dairy farmers to improve their environmental footprint

204

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

205

Bull choice for late breeding

206

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

207

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

208

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

209

Milk residues and how to avoid them

210

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

211

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

212

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

213

The future of the grass seed industry

214

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

215

A deep dive into pasture quality with Dr. Mike Dineen

216

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

217

FRS Training: Best Practice in Milking

218

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

219

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

220

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

221

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

222

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

223

Dispelling some of the myths around TB (Bovine Tuberculosis)

224

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

225

Ensuring breeding success with maiden heifers

226

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

227

Managing the herd in the current weather conditions

228

Your Weekly Grass10 Update

229

Incorporating white clover into grassland swards

230

Weekly Grass10 Update

231

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

232

Weekly Grass10 Update

233

Improving silage quality within our dairy systems

234

Weekly Grass10 Update

235

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

236

Weekly Grass10 Update

237

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

238

Weekly Grass10 Update

239

Dairy Market Outlook for 2024

240

Weekly Grass10 Update

241

Hazell Mullins on how to achieve high herd health status

242

Weekly Grass10 Update

243

Taking control of SCC in the early stages of lactation

244

Weekly Grass10 Update

245

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

246

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

247

How to maximise the value of slurry

248

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

249

Making informed decisions regarding farm stocking rate

250

Wholefarm Nitrogen Use Efficiency

251

Why the Irish dairy industry has the capacity for continued growth

252

David Beca on the fundamentals of cost control in grazing systems

253

Results from the Teagasc Sustainability Report

254

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

255

The questions to consider after a decade of expansion

256

The financial performance of dairy farms in 2023

257

The current fodder situation & advice for winter feed

258

Successfully implementing selective dry cow therapy for the drying off season

259

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

260

The dairy farmers leading sustainability efforts

261

The options available to farmers impacted by the nitrates derogation reduction

262

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

263

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

264

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

265

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

266

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

267

Let's Talk Dairy: Managing costs and cashflow

268

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

269

Tackling Bovine Respiratory Disease

270

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

271

Let’s Talk Dairy: The Pasture Profit Index

272

The benefits of red clover silage

273

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

274

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

275

The drainage of grassland peat soils in Ireland

276

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

277

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

278

Laurence Shalloo on the challenges & opportunities facing the dairy industry

279

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

280

What you need to know about the National Genotyping scheme

281

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

282

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

283

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

284

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

285

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

286

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

287

Let's Talk Dairy: Best Practice in Milking Routine

288

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

289

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

290

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

291

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

292

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

293

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

294

Let's Talk Dairy: Tirlán Focus Farmer update

295

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

296

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

297

How pedigree herds are preparing for future challenges through their breeding

298

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

299

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

300

The new Nitrates banding and the options available to you

301

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Johnstown Castle

302

Let’s Talk Dairy: Spring grazing at Lyons Estate

303

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

304

Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)

305

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

306

The importance of employer compliance and legislation

307

Let’s Talk Dairy: Best practice around weaning

308

Let’s Talk Dairy: Housing guidelines for young calves

309

A Game Changer for Calf Gut Health?

310

Let’s Talk Dairy: Managing scouring calves

311

Tommy the Vet on Getting the Basics of Calf Health Right

312

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

313

A Preview of the IGA Dairy Conference

314

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

315

Tips for Improving Milk Quality

316

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

317

The Teagasc eProfit Monitor & the Benefits of Completing It

318

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

319

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

320

People & Time Management Courses with Martina Gormley

321

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

322

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

323

Joe Patton Previews the 2022 National Dairy Conference

324

Let's Talk Dairy: Principal types of lameness

325

The Dairy Farming Experience in Kenya

326

Let's Talk Dairy: Roadway surfaces

327

Nitrates compliance issues for derogation and non-derogation farmers

328

Let’s Talk Dairy: Maiden Heifer Weight Targets

329

Key Learnings from the Heavy Soils Programme

330

Let's Talk Dairy: On-Off Grazing

331

The funded animal health consultations available to dairy farmers

332

Let's Talk Dairy: Milk Sensitivity Analysis

333

How to reduce greenhouse gas & ammonia emissions from your farm

334

Let's Talk Dairy: The Last Rotation

335

Autumn Closing Strategy

336

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

337

What the changes coming in January mean for dry cow treatment

338

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

339

How to Make Contract Rearing a Success

340

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

341

How to keep improving your soil fertility

342

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

343

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

344

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

345

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

346

The Integration of Multi-Species Swards into Dairy Farm Systems

347

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

348

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

349

Strategies to tackle and lift soil fertility

350

Lameness: its cause and appropriate treatment strategies

351

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter Fodder

352

Early indications of the success of the 2022 breeding season

353

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

354

The optimum feeding rates to complement grass supply

355

Minister McConalogue’s Vision for the Future of Dairy

356

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

357

Examining Farm Incomes

358

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

359

Matching stocking rate and feed supply to annual grass growth profile

360

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

361

Pushing the boundaries on dairy farm performance in the BMW region

362

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: The Marginal Cow

363

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

364

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

365

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

366

The 50 year evolution of the dairy herd at Kildalton College

367

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

368

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

369

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

370

Pushing milk solids per ha from grazed grass at Shinagh Farm

371

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season Progress

372

Understanding, reducing and treating lameness in cows

373

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

374

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

375

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

376

How to make potential savings to feed reserves this year

377

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

378

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

379

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

380

The key drivers for a successful breeding season

381

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

382

The productivity and financial gain from dairy cross-breeding

383

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

384

The establishment and management of white clover through over-sowing

385

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

386

Best practice for management of heifers in seasonal calving systems

387

Fertiliser strategies for silage ground with current supply and cost issues

388

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

389

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

390

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording

391

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

392

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

393

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

394

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

395

Milk recording: differentiating between DIY and manual milk recording events

396

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Record Keeping

397

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

398

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

399

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

400

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

401

Can you reduce the length of your working day?

402

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Replacers

403

Protecting your farm income in 2022

404

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

405

Strategies to cope with rising fertiliser prices

406

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

407

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

408

Best practice in calf rearing ahead of calving

409

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

410

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

411

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

412

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

413

From nursing to dairy farming in the Burren

414

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

415

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

416

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Organic Dairy

417

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

418

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: One Health Approach

419

Is organic dairy farming for you?

420

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

421

Good animal health for optimal farm productivity

422

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

423

Are improved environmental efficiencies compatible with farm profit?

424

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

425

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

426

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

427

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

428

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter housing facilities

429

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

430

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

431

The incidence of TB in dairy herds

432

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

433

Improved farm practices that are reducing emissions at farm level

434

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

435

What will the dairy farm workplace look like in 2030?

436

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

437

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Replacement Management

438

Making your milking process more labour and energy efficient

439

How will the new Nitrates policy impact your farm business?

440

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

441

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

442

Laurence Shalloo on the Impact of Nitrogen Management Strategies

443

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Managing Hedgerows

444

How to increase your grass cover if behind target

445

Pat Dillon previews the 2021 Moorepark Open Day

446

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

447

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

448

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

449

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

450

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Autumn Grass Strategy

451

What will make you an employer of choice?

452

Sun Smart Tips for Dairy Farmers

453

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

454

The potential risks on Irish dairy farms during the summer months

455

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Smarter Milking

456

Can the Irish Agri sector achieve emission reduction targets?

457

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

458

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

459

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milking Machine Maintenance

460

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

461

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Breeding Season

462

Donegal farmer Richard Starrett on championing high quality milk

463

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

464

The practical steps to overcoming issues on farms with heavier soils

465

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

466

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

467

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weekly Fertility Report

468

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

469

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass Management

470

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

471

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

472

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

473

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Weed Control

474

SCC in early lactation following selective dry cow therapy

475

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Recording Reports

476

The Additive Trials Reporting an 80% Reduction in Methane Emissions

477

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

478

Maintaining grass growth at lower levels of chemical Nitrogen

479

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Sexed Semen

480

Tips and advice on best practice for reseeding

481

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Bull Selection Targets

482

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

483

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

484

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

485

Achieving high conception rates using sexed semen

486

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Grass10 Update

487

How to Maintain & Improve Water Quality

488

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

489

The key traits in dairy replacements to maximise income

490

Advice for getting your grazing back on track in March

491

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

492

Key tips to reducing SCC

493

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Early Lactation

494

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

495

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

496

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

497

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Night time calving

498

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

499

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Milk Fever

500

A suitable fertiliser programme for the spring months ahead

501

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

502

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

503

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

504

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

505

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

506

The steps to achieving a successful OAD milking system

507

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

508

The Dairy Year in Review Part 2

509

The Dairy Year in Review Part 1

510

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

511

The technical performance of the dairy herd at Kildalton

512

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

513

How to achieve target performance through simple, proven technologies

514

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Body Condition

515

How to establish white clover in grazing swards

516

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Working Efficiently

517

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

518

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: GHG Emissions

519

Sustainable Dairy Farming and the Challenges Ahead

520

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

521

A Checklist of Important Tasks for the Coming Months

522

The Three Priorities of Autumn Grazing

523

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

524

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

525

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

526

What’s in Budget 2021 for Dairy Farmers?

527

Insights and experience of selective dry cow therapy from Pallaskenry

528

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

529

Maintaining health and safety in the busy farm workplace

530

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

531

Incorporating biodiversity into a high performing dairy farm

532

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

533

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

534

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

535

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

536

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

537

How to reduce emissions while maintaining milk output and profit

538

Key Practices for Nitrates Derogation Farmers

539

Making farming easier and more enjoyable through labour efficiencies

540

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

541

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

542

Johnstown Castle Winter and Spring Milk Herds Update

543

How to Save on Energy Costs on Your Dairy Farm

544

Is it time to pull the bull?

545

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

546

Tips to improve the quality of grazing swards

547

The profitability to organic dairy production systems

548

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

549

The Benefits of Biodiversity for Irish Dairy Farms

550

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

551

Tips on recovery from drought conditions

552

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

553

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

554

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

555

Getting to grips with a cash shortfall

556

Tips to reduce the parasite challenge in replacement stock

557

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

558

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

559

Nutrition for peak milk production

560

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

561

Minimising the spread of mastitis in mid-lactation

562

The Dairy sector response to COVID-19

563

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

564

Updates to the EBI including sire selection for heifers

565

Tips to control grass as growth rates surge

566

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

567

Maintaining health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 challenge

568

Managing workload and staff through COVID-19

569

Johnstown Castle performance update for the winter and spring herds

570

Understanding soil saturation and supplement requirements in the current conditions

571

Coping with the consequences of heavy rainfall

572

Early milk recording for health and profit gains

573

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

574

Managing energy balance and metabolic disorders in early lactation

575

Short-term OAD milking to reduce peak labour demand

576

The Profitability on Dairy Farms in 2019

577

Milking 800 cows once a day in two herds

578

Tackling the growing disconnect between kids and farming

579

Succession Planning for Family Farms

580

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 2

581

The Dairy Farming Year in Review Part 1

582

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

583

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

584

Top tips for successful farm planning

585

The methods to increase calf rearing facilities

586

Are your calf rearing facilities adequate ahead of spring 2020?

587

The current grassland situation on farms across the country

588

Is my herd suitable for selective dry cow therapy?

589

Getting the heifer rearing process right

590

The Future of Nitrates Derogation

591

Budget 2020 for Dairy Farmers

592

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

593

Key tips to maximise the health of your herd

594

The plan for Irish agriculture to tackle greenhouse gas emissions

595

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

596

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

597

The key traits that drive profitable winter milk systems

598

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

599

Autumn grazing management guidelines

600

Creating a fodder reserve to reduce risk to farm business

601

Insights and key learnings from the New Zealand dairy sector

602

The benefits of white clover inclusion

603

The move to chlorine-free on farm

604

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

605

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

606

How dairy expansion has impacted the Irish economy

607

New cost-effective methods of slurry spreading

608

Analysis of the growth and expansion of the national dairy herd

609

Why you should include white clover in grazing swards

610

Results of the 2018 Teagasc National Farm Survey

611

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

612

Previewing Moorepark 2019 – the Teagasc National Dairy Open Day

613

Hoof health and dairy herd mobility

614

The re-seeding process step-by-step

615

The benefits and return on investment from reseeding

616

Mike Bermingham's journey from construction to dairy farmer

617

The new Dairy Beef Index explained

618

Tips for optimising breeding performance

619

Grassland Management Tips

620

An interview with Grass 10 Champion, John McNamara

621

Top tips for sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

622

An update on the performance of the Johnstown Castle herd

623

Spring Grazing Update & Advice

624

The economic benefits of milk recording

625

Improving your mental health on the farm

626

The effects Brexit will have on Irish agriculture

627

Improving your soil fertility

628

How to best manage your grassland in February

629

Is contract rearing for you?

630

The True Value of Grazed Grass

631

How to attract and keep staff on Irish dairy farms

632

Minimising the workload on your farm this spring

633

Tackling emissions on dairy farms

634

Dairy Farm Review of the Year

635

The Australian system for managing non-replacement dairy calves

636

The role of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds

637

Advice for the current grassland situation on farm

638

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

639

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

640

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

641

A Preview of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference

642

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

643

Why forage crops are an option for this winter

644

The best practice and financial benefits for optimum dry cow procedure

645

Filling the feed deficit this winter

646

Effective labour management for a work-life balance

647

Ed Payne and achieving high levels of grass utilisation

648

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

649

The opportunities and benefits of collaborative farming

650

Management through this secondary drought

651

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

652

Identifying the best and worst cows in your dairy herd

653

How to achieve higher grass production and utilisation

654

Farming tips from Grass 10 champion Eddie O’Donnell

655

The importance of hygiene and sustainability on the Walsh farm

656

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

657

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

658

How to cope with the summer drought conditions

659

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

660

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

661

How to maximise grass utilisation during a drought

662

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

663

Why robots are the future of milking

664

Striking the balance between silage quality and quantity

665

How to achieve fertility targets during the breeding season

666

The use of genomic selection to maximise profitability

667

Mid-Season Grassland Management

668

How to maximise silage yields to replenish silage stocks

669

Dairy Farm Profitability

670

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

671

Sire selection for the upcoming breeding season

672

How to deal with the current grassland situation

673

Once-a-day calf feeding

674

Managing the dairy cow and grassland after Storm Emma

675

Udder Health

676

Dairy Breeding

677

Spring Grassland Management

678

Feeding dairy cows in early lactation

679

Caring for newborn calves

680

Labour and Grassland Management

681

Spring Fertiliser & Fodder