For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses managing the remaining grazing area on the 1st rotation and he has a grazing update from Shane Seymour, Co. Tipperary. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-18thMarch For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Mar 20, 2025•7 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, and with the great grazing conditions, Joseph Dunphy discusses reviewing grazing progress throughout March and he has a grazing update from Dara Killeen, Co. Galway. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-11thMarch For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Mar 13, 2025•7 min
Teagasc/Tírlan Future Farm programme farmer, David Fennelly, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss how the busy calving period is progressing, and he outlines his grazing management to date. David also explains how he will manage the coming weeks to ensure success as the herd heads towards peak production. Plus, programme advisor, Sandra Hayes, highlights where the programme farmers are at with regards to grazing and nutrient management this spring. For more episodes from the Da...
Mar 10, 2025•22 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses reviewing your AFC in early March and he has a grazing update from the O’Callaghan family in Cork. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-4thMarch For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Mar 06, 2025•7 min
Tommy Cox, Teagasc Dairy Beef500 Programme Advisor, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss calf sales this spring. Tommy outlines what farmers should do from the moment the calf hits the ground in order to have them as fit and healthy as they can when it comes to sale time. He discusses the important relationships that farmers are forging around the sale of calves in the last few years and how it is important that these are maintained for the good of both. While prices are stro...
Mar 03, 2025•20 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, and with the challenging week's weather, Joseph Dunphy discusses getting one grazing per day and he has a grazing update from Ben and Robin Mooney, Co. Wicklow. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-25thFebruary For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Feb 27, 2025•4 min
Shane Leane, technical sales manager with Progressive Genetics, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the importance of milk recording. He also outlines how to ensure efficiency and accuracy throughout the process. Plus, Shane discusses how to use to data to maximise the benefit to your herd. For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Feb 24, 2025•25 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, with the challenging weather, Joseph Dunphy discusses getting one grazing per day and he has a grazing update from John Finucane, Co. Limerick. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-18thFeb For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Feb 20, 2025•5 min
John McCabe, Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme Advisor, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to cover tips on grazing in spring. John first gives a range of scenarios that he has heard from across the country. He encourages people to get grazing if not already. For those who are, they need to manage their grazing to ensure they don’t leave themselves short of grass at the end of the 1st round. John advises to get cows into the habit of grazing by grazing lower cover – this will also help g...
Feb 17, 2025•26 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses getting grazing allocations correct and he has a grazing update from Lauren Kinsella, Co. Carlow. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-11thFeb For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Feb 13, 2025•5 min
David Wall, Teagasc Researcher at Johnstown Castle, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss correct nutrient management use on dairy farms this spring. David outlines how the correct timing, rate and type of fertiliser is key to ensure efficient use of the nutrients available on farm. He makes the point that when conditions are correct, it would be an opportunity lost not to apply the required nutrients in order to increase the amount of grass grown and set the farm up for subsequ...
Feb 10, 2025•32 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses attending a spring pasture morning near you and asks can you start grazing on your farm? Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-4thFebruary For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Feb 06, 2025•4 min
Raymond Ryan of Dairygold’s Milk Quality Advisory team joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge with tips on preparing for commencing supply and ensuring milk quality standards are maintained. Raymond recommends washing the bulk tank and the plant in advance of putting milk in the tank as it has been idle for a number of weeks now. He also suggests checking the level of uptake of chemical to ensure the tank and any autowashers are using the right quantity of detergent and descaler. High SCC...
Feb 05, 2025•26 min
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses completing your opening AFC on PastureBase Ireland and previews the upcoming Spring Pasture Morning events throughout the country. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-28thJanuary For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Jan 30, 2025•4 min
Teagasc ruminant nutritionist, Dr Aisling Claffey, joins James Dunne on this week's Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how to best meet the nutritional needs of the calved dairy cow throughout early lactation. Aisling outlines the energy requirements required to minimise body condition loss and optimise animal performance over the spring period and how these can be met with a simple diet of grazed grass, high quality silage and concentrates. The importance of achieving at least one grazing per day wa...
Jan 27, 2025•26 min
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses all things Nutrient Management Week which is across all Grass10 social media accounts this week and he encourages farmers to get out and complete an opening AFC on PastureBase Ireland. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-21stJanuary For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production w...
Jan 23, 2025•3 min
Cathal Somers, Water Quality Specialist with Teagasc, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss spreading organic fertilisers. Cathal gives a summary of the factors that need to be considered before spreading slurry or manure even though the closed period has ended. Cathal sympathises with the challenges farmers face trying to make this decision as it can be a challenge. In an ideal world, he suggests that farmers should try to hold off spreading slurry until mid-February as day l...
Jan 21, 2025•31 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses getting soil samples completed while ground conditions are good and he highlights the upcoming Nutrient Management Week on our social media channels. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-14thJanuary For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com...
Jan 16, 2025•3 min
Monaghan dairy farmer, Paddy Traynor, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline his simple grass based block spring calving system that is capable of producing a good economic return. Paddy explains what he does to ensure he is best prepared for calving, while explaining how he manages labour on a part-time basis. Plus he explains how he has adopted several simple practices that ensures a high level of efficiency in the busy spring period. For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podca...
Jan 13, 2025•33 min
John Maher, Manager of the Teagasc Grass10 Programme joins Stuart Childs to discuss the grass growing year of 2024 and what we can learn from it for 2025. John discusses several elements that people can control to help drive grass growth on their farms. Getting the basics right is what makes the difference. Soil fertility has always been important but it is more important still where nitrogen is reduced as has been the case in the last number of years. Grazing infrastructure to get grass to cows...
Jan 06, 2025•37 min
For the final Grass10 grazing management update of 2024, Joseph Dunphy discusses the 2024 grazing year with Ciaran Hearn from PastureBase Ireland, plus find out how to make better use of your grazing data through the reports on PastureBase Ireland. Here also is the link to the Grass10 end of year webinar: https://bit.ly/Grass10WebinarRecording For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-...
Dec 19, 2024•15 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, now that we are in early December, Joseph Dunphy discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland along with an up to date set of soil samples. Plus, this week’s featured farmer is Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year for 2023, Patrick O’Neill from Co. Longford. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-10thDecember For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://w...
Dec 11, 2024•5 min
This week on the Dairy Edge, we continue our coverage from the Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Limerick. The theme of this year’s conference was Robust Dairy Farming for Future Challenges. As part of the conference there were six practical workshops which farmers could choose to attend which would benefit their own farms in the future. These included: • Meeting Herd feed requirements next spring • Successful use of sexed semen in Irish dairy herds • Controlling dairy production costs in 202...
Dec 09, 2024•40 min
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. Now that we are in early December, Joseph discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland, while this week’s featured farmer is Enda Armstrong, Co. Galway who will be speaking at our Grass10 and PastureBase webinar on the 10th December 2024. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-3...
Dec 05, 2024•5 min
This week’s Dairy Edge brings you some of the main insights from the 2024 Teagasc National Dairy Conference, including Áine Murray and Donal Patton, Teagasc Grassland Researchers, who gave an in-depth look on current grassland performance, the metrics that farmers should be focusing on and how to achieve these on commercial farms, even in difficult conditions. Pat Dillon, Teagasc Director of Research, also spoke to James Dunne about improving water quality with a particular focus on the Munster ...
Dec 03, 2024•19 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. Joseph also discusses completing your closing Average Farm Cover on PastureBase Ireland in early December, while this week’s featured farmer is Michael Carroll, Bruree, Co. Limerick. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-26thNovember For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show...
Nov 28, 2024•5 min
For the latest Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall & soil temperatures for the week. As December 1st approaches, Joseph also discusses current grazing management and he has a grazing update from John Casey, Co. Kerry. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-19thNovember For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-...
Nov 21, 2024•6 min
Dr Aisling Claffey, Teagasc Ruminant Nutritionist, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the important practices to remember when it comes to the upcoming dry cow period. Aisling discusses the importance of assessing body condition of the herd, timely intervention when required and what the cows mineral requirements are to ensure a successful transition period next spring For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/t...
Nov 18, 2024•24 min
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses PastureBase data, Dry Matter % and Predicted grass growth, rainfall and soil temperatures for the week. Joseph also discusses current grazing management and encourages farmers to focus on spring grass availability. Plus he has a grazing update from Eugene and Eoin Lawler, Co. Kildare. Link to this week’s Grass10 newsletter: https://bit.ly/Grass10-12thNovember For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show pa...
Nov 14, 2024•4 min
Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline the factors that will make dairy more robust in the future in advance of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference entitled ‘Robust dairy farming for future challenges’, which is taking place at Limerick Racecourse on Wednesday November 27th. Joe discusses the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will make dairy farming robust, namely: grass utilised, understanding financials and cost ...
Nov 11, 2024•47 min
