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The Dairy Edge
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: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/
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Nutrient Management Week: How to get full value from the fertiliser allowances for your farm
For today’s episode as part of Nutrient Management Week, Grass10’s John Maher is joined by Mike Ahern who is farming near Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Nutrient Management Week: The timing of applications to maximise return
Continuing the daily episodes as part of Nutrient Management Week, today John Maher talks about timing of applications to maximise their return, the r...
How Michael Carroll manages his slurry to drive grass growth
As part of Nutrient Management Week, Grass10’s, John Maher, speaks to Michael Carroll from Co. Limerick.
Michael was one of the joint wi...
Effective use of nutrients and minimising losses with Philip Murphy & Pat Tuohy
Philip Murphy, Co-ordinator of the Blackwater Catchment Programme, and Pat Tuohy, Senior Researcher at Teagasc, join Stuart Childs to discuss effectiv...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For the first Grass10 grazing management update of the year, John Maher highlights key practices to get grazing in 2026 off to a good start and he dis...
Calf Rearing: Getting the Fundamentals Right
Michelle McGrath, Calf Care Programme Manager with Animal Health Ireland, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the importance of goo...
Repost: Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry
We’re reposting one of the most popular episodes from last year with Laurence Shalloo, Head of the Animal and Grassland Programme in Teagasc Moorepark...
Building a High-Performance Dairy Team: Lessons from South Dakota
Fermanagh man, Rodney Elliott, who is farming in the US state of South Dakota, joins James Dunne for the second part of his interview discussing recru...
Dairying in Dakota - the Rodney Elliott Story
Fermanagh man Rodney Elliott, who is farming in the US state of South Dakota, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge.
In the first...
Bluetongue Risk: Protecting Dairy Stock This Winter
For this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge, in conjunction with Catherine Egan of the Beef Edge and Ciaran Lynch of OviCast, we talk to John Donlon, ve...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s final Grass10 grazing management update of the year, John Maher discusses current grazing advice, including opening cover targets and...
Repost: Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026
We’re reposting an episode from October with Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Patrick Gowing, who joined James Dunne on the Dairy Edge to discuss how to best...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice.
Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsl...
Key actions for 2026 from the National Dairy Conference
Teagasc hosted the National Dairy Conference last week in both Clonmel and Cavan, and the theme of the conference was, ‘Pathways to Progress’, with ke...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice.
Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsl...
Edmund Motherway, Student Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year
Edmund Motherway, from Ladysbridge, near Midleton, was the Overall Winner of the Student Section of the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year Award...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice, while the featured farmer is Mike Ahern from Ballyduff...
Dairy Conference Preview with Joe Patton
Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc, joins Stuart Childs on the latest Dairy Edge to preview the upcoming Dairy Conferences.
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Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and setting up for the spring, while the featured farme...
Water Quality in River Catchments with Philip Murphy
Philip Murphy, Catchment Coordinator for the River Blackwater, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss applying water quality and add...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice, while the featured farmer is Will Griffin, Co. Carlow....
Dry Cow Period - getting the basics right
Aisling Claffey, Teagasc ruminant nutritionist, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss what’s important to remember when it comes to t...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and closing up for early spring grass.
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Managing Cash, Costs and Volatility - Preparing for 2026
Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Patrick Gowing, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss how to best manage surplus cash, build financial resi...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
John Maher has the latest Grass10 grazing management update, and this week’s featured farmer is Niall O’Regan from Mallow, Co. Cork.
Rea...
Time for lime
John Maher, Grass10 Manager, and John Leahy, dairy farmer in Athea, Co. Limerick, join Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss applying lim...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and closing up for early spring grass. It’s a great op...
Selective Dry Cow Therapy - excellent management is the key to success
Teagasc Research Officer, Pablo Silva Boloña, whose work focuses on milk quality, dairy cow mastitis and selective dry cow therapy, joins James Dunne...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and the start of closing up for early spring grass. It...
Optimising the Winter Diet for Liquid Milk Herds
Mike Dineen, Teagasc Senior Research Officer, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the fundamentals to optimising performance from f...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and the start of closing up for early spring grass.
ICBF Updates with Kevin Downing
Kevin Downing of ICBF joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the recent changes to the EBI incorporated into the September Evaluatio...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing management and advises using the higher grass growth now to bu...
Autumn Closing Planning
John Conroy, Dairy Advisor in Teagasc Nenagh, and Jim Delahunty, dairy farmer, join Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss closing the far...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing management and advises using the higher grass growth now to bu...
Soil Fertility Management after the Spreading Deadline
Seamus Kearney, Teagasc Tirlán Joint Programme Co-ordinator, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss soil fertility actions that can...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and as many farms are behind on grass supply, he advise...
Reducing herd SCC this autumn
Padraig O’Connor, technologist with Teagasc, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline how farmers should manage their herd somatic cell...
Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice as some farms are dealing with low grass supply.
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Collaborative Farming Options
Ruth Fennell, Collaborative Farming Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the various collaborative farming options tha...