The Dairy Trail
The Dairy Trail
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Agriland's brand new limited podcast series 'The Dairy Trail' takes listeners inside the yard of dairy farms across the country to hear what is happening on the ground.
The new four-part series will cover everything from calving down cows, managing calves, herd nutrient requirements, getting cows out to grazing, and spreading slurry and fertiliser.
Listeners will get to hear how other farm systems operate, how different genetics perform, how different land types grow grass and how each farmer puts milk in the tank and money in their pocket in their own unique way.
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Focuses on the intricacies of dairy farming, covering topics such as calving strategies, calf management, herd nutrition, and best practices for grazing and fertilizer application, with episodes featuring insights from farmers like Larry Hannon on transitioning to spring calving and Eoin Kennedy on Jersey-cross herd management.
Agriland’s brand new limited podcast series ‘The Dairy Trail’ takes listeners inside the yard of dairy farms across the country to hear what is happening on the ground.
The new four-part series will cover everything from calving down cows, managing calves, herd nutrient requirements, getting cows out to grazing, and spreading slurry and fertiliser.
Listeners will get to hear how other farm systems operate, how different genetics perform, how different land types grow grass and how each farmer puts milk in the tank and money in their pocket in their own unique way.
In the first episode of season two of Agriland’s limited series ‘The Dairy Trail’, technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to dairy farmer Eugene Lawler’s farm in Co. Kildare.
Eugene is farming alongside his son Eoin and his family in Ballitore, Co. Kildare where a simple grazing system is proving very effective for them.
Eugene Lawler was a new entrant into dairy in 2015 after moving from sucklers to dairy cows and has built his herd up to be a well balanced Holstein Friesian with a small bit of Jersey running through them to keep down size.
At this time of the year, Eugene aim to “keep quality grass in front of them [the cows], keep grass in the diet and keep the meal lorry out of the yard.”
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