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The Dairy Edge is Teagasc’s dairy podcast for farmers with the latest information, insights and opinion to improve your dairy farm performance.

Visit the show page at: teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast

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  1. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Average farm cover dropping • Assess AFC on farm • Assess % area grazed • Implement on-off grazing Read more from th

  2. Best Practice when Drying Off - A Practical Guide

    As we come towards the end of the lactation, getting the drying-off process right is important to ensure good udder health and set cows up correctly for the next lactation. This week, James Dunne is joined by Padraig O’Connor from Teagasc t

  3. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Prioritise grazing residuals • Update autumn grass budget • Prepare for changing weather Read more from the latest G

  4. Winter Feeding Efficiency with Martina Gormley

    Martina Gormley, dairy specialist in Athenry, Co. Galway, joins Stuart Childs to discuss a survey on winter feeding practices that she completed with a number of farmers across the country over the winter period 2025/26. The first thing Mar

  5. National Farm Survey 2025: The Irish Dairy Figures Explained

    Teagasc economist, Trevor Donnellan, joins James Dunne to discuss the latest National Farm Survey results for 2025, focusing on the Irish dairy enterprise. Trevor explains why Teagasc conducts the National Farm Survey, outlines the key figu

  6. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Prioritise grazing residuals • Update autumn grass budget • Apply lime while ground conditions are suitable Read mor

  7. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Prioritising grazing residuals as we head into the final rotation • Farms should begin the final rotation early-mid

  8. Last Rotation: Setting Up for the Spring

    As we head into the final grazing rotation of the year, there’s plenty for farmers to be thinking about in terms of grazing the final round - the grass budget, closing paddocks and getting the farm set up correctly for next spring. So, to t

  9. September Evaluation Update & the COW Index with Margaret Kelleher, ICBF

    Dr. Margaret Kelleher, Genetics Operation Manager at ICBF, joins Stuart Childs to discuss the most recent update in September and to learn more about the COW index that farmers should be using more in their herd to identify the cows that re

  10. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Prioritise grazing residuals • Monitor growth rates and update grass budget Read more from the latest Grass10 newsle

  11. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: • Assess farm cover and growth rates • Do grass budget to plan supplementation • Make the best use of organic nutrient

  12. Managing cashflow: what dairy farmers need to consider

    Cash flow is always an important part of running a dairy farm, but in a year like 2026, keeping a close eye on the money coming in and going out has become even more important. While milk price remains behind the levels experienced in recen

  13. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done: • Set a 35 day rotation length • Do grass budget - phase out silage supplementation • Make the best use of watery slurry Read mor

  14. Countrywide update with Joint Programme Advisors, John McCabe, Seamus Kearney & Sean Callan

    John McCabe, Seamus Kearney and Sean Callan, Advisors on the Teagasc Aurivo, Teagasc Tirlán and Teagasc Lakeland joint programmes, join Stuart Childs to give a more countrywide feel for the situation on farms around Ireland currently follow

  15. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions to be done: • Set a 35 day rotation length • Do a grass budget to reduce supplementation • Consider liming Read more from this week’s Grass10 newslette

  16. Back to Grass: Managing Dairy Cow Nutrition After the Drought

    Teagasc ruminant nutritionist, Aisling Claffey, joins James Dunne to discuss managing dairy cow nutrition as we move out of the drought conditions. With many cows having been fed increased levels of silage and concentrate, the return to gra

  17. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions to be done for this week: • Set a 30-35 day rotation length • Make a farm specific fertiliser/slurry plan • Do a fodder available budget Read more from

  18. Fertiliser Advice for September

    Dr. David Wall, Enterprise Leader of the farms and estate at Teagasc’s Environment Research Centre in Johnstown Castle, joins Stuart Childs to discuss the timing of fertiliser applications over the coming weeks to maximise the return from n

  19. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions to be done for this week: • Do a fodder available budget • If fodder reserves are below target, take action • Assess paddocks individually for grass gr

  20. Joe Patton on dealing with the feed & fodder situation

    Joe Patton, Head of the Teagasc Dairy Knowledge Transfer programme, joins James Dunne with an update on the current situation on dairy farms across the country following the prolonged period of dry weather. Joe explains the results from the

  21. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher explains that: • All farms should complete a fodder available budget • An action plan needs to be developed where fodder reserves are below target • Farms and paddocks need to be

  22. Staying on top of milk quality

    Raymond Ryan, Milk Quality Advisor for the Limerick and Clare regions with Dairygold, joins Stuart Childs to discuss staying on top of milk quality. Raymond explains that milk quality in 2026 is generally holding up, with cell count and TBC

  23. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses: • Doing a fodder available budget for your farm • Assessing weed burden in recent reseeds • Temperatures increasing again - water supply priority for animals Read more

  24. Trying to get time off - help others to help you

    Eoghan Byrne, project manager in FRS farm services, and MTU Agriculture student, Cormac Harnett, who works as an operator with the FRS in Cork joins Stuart Childs to discuss how farmers can help themselves get a bit of a break from the work

  25. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses: • Establishing recovery on paddocks • Caution with fertiliser application • Assessing fodder available on farm Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsletter and subscr

  26. Advisory Update: What's happening on the ground?

    Emily Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Advisor based in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, joins James Dunne for an update on the current situation on farms in her catchment and she has some key pieces of advice for farmers over the coming weeks. For more episo

  27. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses: • The need to walk the farm to assess grass growth and supply on farm • Reducing demand on farm • Caution with fertiliser And the featured farm update comes from Sean

  28. Managing stock in drought or near drought conditions

    Colman Purcell, Nutritionist with Dairygold Agri Business, joins Stuart Childs to discuss managing stock in drought or near drought conditions. Colman praises the farmers in the Dairygold catchment who have been affected by the dry weather

  29. Your Weekly Grass10 Update

    For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses: • Assessing grass supply on farm • Reducing demand on farm • Nutrient application during reduced growth • Water supply And the featured farm update comes from Cathal N

  30. Dairy Calf to Beef – What Does the Future Hold?

    Pádraig French from Teagasc, who is closely involved in dairy-beef research, including the Ballyvadin Calf-to-Beef Demonstration Farm, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge. They discuss the key management practices that drive perform

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