Dairy
Top five tips for July
Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, gives his top five tips for dairy farmers this July
14 July 2023
Dairy breeding and calf welfare
The mistreatment of the animals shown on the RTE Investigates programme is totally unacceptable, and is in breach of animal welfare legislation. Such practices cannot be tolerated.
12 July 2023
Prioritising work-life balance with Shay Ryan Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer
Shay Ryan farms 97ha outside New Ross, Co. Wexford. The milking platform is 56ha. There is also a small beef enterprise on the farm.
11 July 2023
Teagasc UCC International Agriculture Student Development Programme
Teagasc and University College Cork (UCC) have come together to provide a new support programme for students from a number of agriculture focussed universities and institutes in developing countries.
10 July 2023
Let's Talk Dairy - Advisor's update from the grass roots
James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist is joined by James O'Donoghue, Teagasc dairy advisor based in Monaghan to give an update as to what has been happening in the Monaghan area over the last couple of weeks and things to look out for.
10 July 2023
More beef-sired calves from the dairy herd with sexed semen
The use of sexed semen to produce the next generation of dairy replacement heifers is a technology being embraced by many Irish dairy farmers.
10 July 2023
Finding the optimum stocking rate for your farm
Farmers attending the Moorepark Dairy Open Day on July 4th were reminded of the importance of matching milking platform stocking rate to grass growth levels in order to optimise profitability.
09 July 2023
Where to next for the Nitrates Derogation?
Thousands descended on Teagasc Moorepark for the National Dairy Open Day on Wednesday, July 4th where pathways to secure a sustainable future for the Irish dairy industry were discussed.
08 July 2023
Massive numbers of dairy farmers attend Teagasc Moorepark’23 Open Day
Thousands of dairy farmers attended Moorepark’23, the Teagasc National Dairy Event for 2023, which took place earlier this week at the Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Securing a Sustainable Future was the theme of this major Teagasc Open Day.
07 July 2023
This is Dairying Photo Competition captures generational bond
The beauty and wonder of dairy farming have been impeccably captured in the extraordinary entries of the This is Dairying Photo Competition, which was run in the lead up to the 2023 Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day.
06 July 2023
Results from the cow-calf contact systems study
Researchers in Teagasc Moorepark have studied the impact of two different cow-calf contact rearing systems compared to the conventional Irish calf rearing system. The results of this research were presented yesterday, July 4th, at the Teagasc Moorepark Open Day.
05 July 2023
New grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched
Teagasc and Goldcrop have signed a long-term grass and clover genetic improvement agreement, today, 4 July, at the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day. The new breeding and commercialisation collaboration will be called Pasture Innovations.
04 July 2023
Precision nitrogen management - what is it and why is it required?
Those attending today’s Moorepark Open heard of precision nitrogen management – a key tool to optimise grass production and minimise nitrogen loss using grass growth predictions and grass measurements.
04 July 2023
Becoming the 50-hour farmer - reducing workload on dairy farms
Dairy farmers are now placing greater emphasis on quality of life, time off and time with family away from the farm as critical measures of family farm business success, those attending today's Moorepark Open Day heard.
04 July 2023
Refocus on financials – protecting the margin for 2023
As the high rate of general inflation in Ireland over the last 18 months has eroded the real value of incomes on all farms and in the wider economy at large, delegates at today’s Moorepark Open Day in Fermoy, Co. Cork were reminded to refocus on financials to protect farm margin in 2023.
04 July 2023
Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety video launched
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D. today, Tuesday, 4th July, launched a ‘Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety’ video at the Moorepark Dairy Open Day in Fermoy, Co. Cork.
04 July 2023
AgNav - a sustainable digital platform to support farmers
A new sustainability digital platform called AgNav, which has been jointly developed by Teagasc, ICBF and Bord Bia, with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is being showcased to thousands of farmers at the Teagasc National Dairy Open Day in Moorepark, today, July 4.
04 July 2023
Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges
Irish dairy farming has undergone a transformation during the last 10 years. Up until 2015, there had been 31 years of the EU milk quota regime, which stifled innovation. Since then, there has been significant expansion due to the pent up capacity in the industry.
04 July 2023
Setting the scene for Moorepark ‘23
Crowds were welcomed back to Moorepark today, July 4th, to see the research being conducted and to meet the Teagasc teams and industry stakeholders present.
04 July 2023
White clover is a second-half player
July 1st is the half time whistle in the grazing calendar. The Grass10 blueprint to grow 14t DM/ha and achieve 10 grazings per paddock is now at the half way mark, John Douglas, Grass10 Advisor, tells us more.
03 July 2023
Silage out as growth recovers on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms
After a prolonged dry spell, recent rainfall and mild temperatures have resulted in a recovery in the grass growth rates being recorded on the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms.
03 July 2023
Predicting intramammary infection in late-lactation cows
Over-use of antibiotics is linked with the development of antimicrobial resistance. To reduce this risk, the EU introduced a regulation that means dry cow antibiotics can only being used on cows that demonstrably have an intramammary infection, Clare Clabby tells us more.
03 July 2023
Watch: What to expect at Moorepark ‘23
Final preparations are underway for the Teagasc Moorepark Open day, which takes place tomorrow, July 4th. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Securing a Sustainable Future’.
03 July 2023
Let's Talk Dairy: Dairygold Programme - a farmer's perspective
On this episode of Let's Talk Dairy, Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, is joined by Raymond Goggin, Bandon dairy farmer and Teagasc/Dairygold Joint Programme participant to get an update on what's been happening on the farm.
02 July 2023
Where to next for grasslands?
Grasslands are a key pillar of Irish dairy production and the composition of Irish grasslands have changed over recent years, increasing in complexity from single-species grass swards to multi-species swards, Ciarán Hearn and Tomás Tubritt tell us more.
02 July 2023
Sexed semen in the Irish dairy industry
With twice as much sexed semen available for the 2023 breeding season as in 2022, highlighting the rapid increase in uptake on dairy farms, Stephen Butler, Principal Research Officer in Reproductive Physiology, highlights some of the research work ongoing in sexed semen in Teagasc Moorepark.
01 July 2023
Labour saving benefits from ten-in-seven milking
Flexible milking systems may help to alleviate the problem of labour shortage on dairy farms, Dr. Emer Kennedy, Teagasc Research Officer, tells us more.
30 June 2023
Enteric methane - facts and solutions
At present, methane emissions from Irish dairy cows are predicted using international default emission factors. Here, Hazel Costigan and Ben Lahart explain how research in Teagasc Moorepark has found this figure to be substantially lower in grazing dairy cows.
29 June 2023
Maximising potential from renewables
Current levels of solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment on farms are relatively low. However, as John Upton explains, to encourage the uptake of renewable energy generation by farmers some considerable developments have recently occurred.
28 June 2023
Approaches to reduce farm labour demand
Conor Hogan and Marion Beecher outline how improved time use can reduce labour demand and improve work-life balance, resulting in more attractive workplaces. There are three main approaches: work organisation; facilities; and work practices and technologies.
27 June 2023