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
Previous Webinars
January 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 14 January | Once a Day Milking Conference 2021 |
| Thursday, 21 January | Spring Nitrogen Strategy |
| Thursday, 28 January | Milk Fever |
February 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 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 |
March 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 11 March | Munster Bovine Health Screening |
| Thursday, 18 March | Grass10 Update |
April 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 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 |
May 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 6 May | Weed Control |
| Thursday, 13 May | Cutting For Quality Silage |
| Thursday, 20 May | Grass Management |
| Thursday, 27 May | Weekly Fertility Report |
June 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 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 |
July 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 1 July | Roadways and Water Systems |
| Thursday, 8 July |
Smarter Milking |
| 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 |
| Thursday, 29 July | Autumn Grass Strategy This webinar featured John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 Advisor |
August 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 19 August | Economics around late calving cows This webinar featured James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
| Thursday, 26 August | Managing Hedgerows This webinar featured Aoife Leader, Teagasc |
September 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 2 September | Fertiliser and closing off strategy This webinar was presented by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
| Thursday, 9 September | Replacement Management This webinar was presented by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
| Thursday, 23 September | Planning for drying off for 2021 This webinar was presented by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
| Thursday, 30 September | Proposed nitrate excretion bands for dairy cows This webinar was presented by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
October 2021
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 7 October | System drift in dairy farming in Ireland This webinar featured Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc |
| Thursday, 14 October | Winter Housing This webinar was presented by Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist |
| Thursday, 21 October | Selected dry cow therapy This webinar featured vet Willie Buckley and Finola McCoy from Animal Health Ireland (AHI) |
| Thursday, 28 October | Getting prepared for dry off This webinar featured Don Crowley, Teagasc Milk Quality Specialist |
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 |