Let's Talk Dairy Webinar Series
Make sure to join each Thursday morning at 10am for timely, relevant and practical advice to allow you make better management decisions on your dairy farm. Webinar host, Stuart Childs will facilitate the webinars with guest presenters focusing on various topics of interest weekly as well as a lively discussion between attendees and the presenters. There will be an opportunity for you to pose your questions to each week’s presenters.
To register for the series of Let's Talk Dairy Webinars click below:
Click on the options below to find out more about upcoming and previous webinars:
- Upcoming Webinars
- Previous Webinars
- Let's Talk Dairy Special Series - Thinking of Dairy Farming?
- Let's Talk Dairy Time and People Management Series
- Previous Webinars - 2020
Upcoming Webinars
| Date | Topic |
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| Thursday, 15 July | Setting up your Fertiliser Spreader This webinar will feature guest speaker Francis Quigley, Teagasc Kildalton  |
| Thursday, 22 July | Grazing Utilisation Star Index This webinar will feature guest speaker Tomás Tubritt, Teagasc Moorepark |
| Thursday, 29 July | Autumn Grass Strategy This webinar will feature the Teagasc Grass10 team |
Previous Webinars
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 14 January | Once a Day Milking Conference 2021 |
| Thursday, 21 January | Spring Nitrogen Strategy |
| Thursday, 28 January | Milk Fever |
| Thursday, 4 February | Coping with calving-night calving, COVID planning & organisation |
| Thursday, 11 February | The practicalities of spring grazing |
| Thursday, 18 February | Managing intakes in early lactation |
| Thursday, 25 February | Body condition score at calving |
| Thursday, 11 March | Munster Bovine Health Screening |
| Thursday, 18 March | Grass10 Update |
| Thursday, 8 April | Bull Selection Targets |
| Thursday, 15 April | Sexed semen and synchronisation protocols |
| Thursday, 22 April | Establishing grass-white clover swards |
| Thursday, 29 April | Milk recording reports |
| Thursday, 6 May | Weed Control |
| Thursday, 13 May | Cutting For Quality Silage |
| Thursday, 20 May | Grass Management |
| Thursday, 27 May | Weekly Fertility Report |
| Thursday, 3 June | Fertilizer for second cut silage / surplus bales |
| Thursday, 10 June | Nitrogen planning & application |
| Thursday, 17 June | Breeding Season |
| Thursday, 24 June | Milking Machine Maintenance |
| Thursday, 1 July | Roadways and Water Systems |
Let's Talk Dairy Special Series - Thinking of Dairy Farming? Get the Basics Right
Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist and Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Expansion Specialist presented a four part Let's Talk Dairy Special Series which was open to everyone from new entrants to established dairy farmers, whether learning a new skill or honing an existing one.
| Date | Topic |
| Monday, 9 November | New entrant case study - Peter Hamm and Padraig Foley |
| Monday, 16 November |
Understanding EBI and Sourcing the right stock |
| Monday, 30 November |
Grazing infrastructure and reseeding plans |
| Monday, 7 December |
Farmyard infrastructure design and building a capital budget |
| Monday, 25 January | Robotics |
Let's Talk Dairy Time and People Management Series
Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist will be joined by Marion Beecher, Teagasc; Nollaig Heffernan, Independent Management Consultant and guest farmer participants throughout the Let's Talk Dairy Time and People Management Series. This webinar is run on a Thursday at 10am.
| Date | Topic |
| Thursday, 5 November |
Making the industry/your farm an attractive place to work |
| Thursday, 19 November |
Working Efficiently |
| Thursday, 3 December | Managing your time to maximum effect |
| Thursday, 7 January |
Using a Yearly Planner to Organise Yourself |
Previous Webinars - 2020
| Date | Topic |
| Thursday, 26 November |
Body Condition
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| Thursday, 12 November | GHG Emissions
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| Thursday, 15 October | Selecting Cows for Selective Dry Cow Therapy |
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Thursday, 1 October |
Teagasc/Glanbia Online Future Farm Walk Footage from the Virtual Farm Walk, webinar recording & bonus episode of The Dairy Edge Podcast
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Thursday, 24 September |
Discussion with John Trant (Young Grassland Farmer of the Year) on his career path to date
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Thursday, 17 September |
Teagasc/Dairygold Online Demo Farm Walk |
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Thursday, 10 September |
Derogation and Farm Management Points to Note |
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Thursday, 3 September |
Managing Grass and Grass supply right now New Entrant to Dairying Course 2020 |
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Thursday, 13 August |
Decisions influencing the end of the breeding season |
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Thursday, 6 August |
Successful Farm Employment - Legal Requirements |
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Thursday, 30 July |
Smarter Milking Event |
| Thursday, 23 July |
Autumn Covers |
| Thursday, 16 July |
Clover - A Farmers Perspective |
| Thursday, 9 July |
Anthelmintic resistance in gut worms of cattle |
| Thursday, 2 July |
Milk Recording |
| Thursday, 25 June |
Careers in Dairy Farming |
| Thursday, 18 June |
Dairy Farm Financial Outlook and Management Advice for 2020
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| Thursday, 11 June |
Sustainable Dairy Farming
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| Thursday, 4 June |
Chlorine Free Washing Routines - why and how? |
| Thursday, 28 May |
Using beef bulls on the dairy herd & staying safe with the stock bull |
| Thursday, 21 May |
The do’s and don’ts of making quality silage |
| Thursday, 14 May |
Interpreting and managing the grass wedge |
| Thursday, 7 May |
Fitting protected urea into your fertiliser programme and calf weaning tips |
| Monday, 20 April |
Getting more cows in calf during the first three weeks of the breeding season (incl. BCS, Metricheck)
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| Tuesday, 21 April |
Tips to maximise conception rate to sexed semen
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| Wednesday, 22 April |
Selecting your bull team
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| Thursday, 23 April |
Increasing the value of your 2021 calf crop: using the Dairy Beef Index |