The Dairy Edge

51:48

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: One Health Approach

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/26

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. For this week’s webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, was joined by Damien Barrett, Superintending Veterinary Inspector, DAFM, to discuss a holistic approach to animal health - the One Health Approach. The webinar was held as part of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go

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21:19

Is organic dairy farming for you?

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/22

Organic specialist Joe Kelleher joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge podcast to discuss organic dairy and consider whether it has a role within the context of Irish milk production systems. Joe differentiates the income in organics compared with conventional dairy which include: - Lower stocking rate (average 1.5 LU/ha) - No chemical Nitrogen application - Greater integration of white clover, red clover and multi species in grazing swards - Higher concentrate

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22:09

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

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/19

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. For this week’s webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses taking stock for 2021, with a view to getting yourself organised before the end of the year and trying to set yourself up for the coming year. Stuart gives an overview of physical performance, grassland performance and financial performance. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars

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23:18

Good animal health for optimal farm productivity

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/15

Department of Agriculture vets Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan join Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the correlation between good animal health and farm productivity. Damien highlights the importance of optimal animal health from birth, explaining that an incidence of pneumonia can increase calving interval in later life by up to 12% and an incidence of scour is linked to lower milk production. Furthermore, Damien recommends that farmers

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22:43

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

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/12

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. For this week’s webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses when to finish grazing for 2021. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/

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25:37

Are improved environmental efficiencies compatible...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/08

Joe Patton, Teagasc’s Head of Dairy KT, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge, to consider whether improving environmental efficiencies on Irish dairy farms is compatible with profitability. In order to reduce environmental emissions, Joe encourages farmers to reduce crude protein content of dairy rations when cows are at grass, increasing days at grass and monitoring replacement heifers to ensure they are on target to calve down at 24 months. He also

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33:54

Let's Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Getting prepared for...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/05

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, is joined by Don Crowley, Teagasc Milk Quality Specialist to discuss getting prepared for dry off. Don gives an overview of the practices at drying off cows for best results. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes

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18:08

The research into what leads to success or failure...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/11/01

On this week’s episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Clare Clabby joins Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss the research that has been carried out on selective dry cow therapy. Clare explains that the research focused on herds that completed at least 4 milk recordings per year and where all bulk tank readings remained under 200,000. In these herds, cows with SCC of less than 200,000 were selected and divided into two groups: Group 1 internal teat sealer only and Group 2 antibiotic plus internal

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46:24

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

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/29

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, James Dunne speaks to vet Willie Buckley about factors influencing decisions around dry cow therapy and Finola McCoy from AHI explains the help available to farmers to plan for dry-off. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go

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21:58

Insights & Key Learnings from Grassland Farmer of the...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/25

Grassland Farmer of the Year, Caroline Walsh, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast with an insight into her success and key learnings from the Grass 10 competition. Caroline began milking a herd of 40 cows on leased ground in 2010 when she acquired 40,000 gallons of milk quota and from there she has developed her husband’s family farm into a sustainable dairy enterprise where she now milks 64 cows. Looking to grassland performance, Caroline credits her dairy advisor

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32:47

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Winter housing...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/22

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses appropriate winter housing facilities and how they can prevent incidence of mastitis. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page

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33:54

Ed Payne on the work-life balance that allows him run...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/18

Dairy farmer Ed Payne joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to explain how the work-life balance he has created in his dairy farm business allows him to train and compete in ultramarathons. Firstly, Ed gives an update on the dairy farm business, milking 550 cows across the two dairy platforms with family labour, 3 full-time labour units as well as relief staff and he explains the thinking behind switching from OAD to TAD milking on the 2nd milking platform. Ed

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50:14

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

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/14

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, was joined by Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc to discuss the concept & risk of system drift in dairy farming in Ireland and how people can find it. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes

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29:59

The incidence of TB in dairy herds

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/11

Superintendent veterinary inspector, Philip Breslin, from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the incidence of TB in dairy herds in Ireland. Philip explains that the skin test remains the best method for diagnosis of TB in cattle, offering the most accurate number of positive incidents of TB with low levels of false positives (1 in 5,000). To reduce the risk of TB to your herd, farmers should aim to

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22:16

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Proposed nitrate...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/08

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses the proposed nitrate excretion bands for dairy cows and the implications that they may have for farmers To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/lets-talk-dairy/ For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page

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12:52

Improved farm practices that are reducing emissions...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/04

Teagasc researcher, Jonathan Herron, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast and quantifies how much dairy farming is contributing to national greenhouse gas emissions with practices on dairy farms showing a reduction in emissions intensity. Jonathan explains that dairy production accounts for 12% (agriculture = 34%) of total national emissions, with methane and nitrous oxide being the predominant gases being emitted from agriculture. Jonathan gives an insight into the

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22:50

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Planning for drying...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/10/01

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses planning for drying off for 2021. Stuart outlines the jobs which need to be done before we start looking at drying off at all over the next couple of weeks. Stuart discusses what jobs can be started now, such as cleaning cows and roadways; looking at individual cow information; and sourcing

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16:06

What will the dairy farm workplace look like in 2030?

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/09/27

Teagasc Dairy Adviser, Abigail Ryan, joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss what the dairy farm workplace will look like in 2030, based on a recent survey of students and graduates from agricultural courses. In the future, the respondents of the survey expect to be either farm owners (63%), in a partnership (23%), share farming (3%) or farm employees (11%) and have identified fewer working hours (less than 50 hours per week) and good work organisation

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21:38

How the Dairy Beef Index is adding value to Irish...

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/09/20

Alan Twomey and Nicky Byrne join Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast with an overview of the non-replacement dairy calves contribution to the beef production systems and suggest how farmers can add value to both dairy and beef farms. Alan gives an insight into the Dairy Beef Index which is an economic index that promotes high quality beef animals from the dairy herd. The index represents 50% of dairy traits such as gestation length and calving ease and 50% beef traits such

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22:32

Let’s Talk Dairy Bonus Episode: Replacement Management

The Dairy Edge ·

2021/09/17

Teagasc is running a weekly Let's Talk Dairy webinar series which is also being made available as a bonus podcast episode. In this webinar, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, discusses keeping replacement heifers on target this Autumn. Stuart outlines the key target weights for the different breeds whilst also taking into consideration the Maintenance Sub Index. He also highlights the importance of weighing your stock regularly. To register for future Let’s Talk Dairy webinars

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