Show Notes
Elaine Dennehy hosted an informative webinar where she and Rosarii O'Connor covered everything you need to know about Milk Recording and why it’s such an important tool for herd management. During the session Elaine & Rosarii discussed: The benefits of Milk Recording for herd performance and decision-making. Troubleshooting common issues farmers encounter. Using FarmOps to access and understand your Milk Recording results and SCC data directly through the app. Call the Milk Recording team on 022 43228 if you have any further questions.
More from Munster Bovine’s Podcast
Hosted by Alan Twomey, Dairy & Beef Geneticist with Munster Bovine, he was joined by: Elaine Dennehy, Munster Bovine – discussing vaccination and supporting calf health and performance. Murt Ryan, Beef Specialist with NCBC – sharing breeding advice and highlighting a selection of sires from the 2027 Suckler Catalogue for producing quality weanlings.
Dennis Howard was joined by Elaine Dennehy and Alan Twomey on this webinar, where they looked at two tools available to help farmers better understand and manage SCC. Elaine Dennehy explained how Genocells can help identify the individual cows contributing to high bulk tank SCC, giving farmers valuable information to help get to the source of an SCC problem. Alan Twomey will discussed our new High SCC Cows – Probability of Future Cure report, which uses age, SCC history and time of year to indicate the likelihood of a high SCC cow returning to a low SCC in future tests.
Raymond Ryan, Dairygold Milk Advisor spoke to Stuart Childs recently on The Dairy Edge Podcast about Milk Recording, Genocells and a new SCC Probability Report that's coming soon to Munster Bovine customers. For the full episode go to The Dairy Edge Podcast.
James Skehan was recently on The Beef Edge discussing his breeding programme and his AI synchronisation planning. For the full podcast go to The Beef Edge Podcast.
Dennis Howard hosted Ger Cusack and Ned Dunphy from Greenway AgriTraining in this webinar focused on Summer Lameness Management. During the webinar, we covered: 🐄 Understanding the causes of Mechanical lameness 📈 The impact of good mobility on herd performance and longevity 🎓 An overview of Greenway AgriTraining's lameness training programmes and how they can support farmers in improving hoof health and cow welfare 👣 Sound Cow Innovation Programme (SCIP), a pilot initiative with AHI involving 10 commercial dairy farms in Munster and the Midlands