Chasing cell counts: How a Waterford farmer keeps SCC below 60

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The Dairy Trail

Agriland Media

13 episodes

3 weeks ago

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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Chasing cell counts: How a Waterford farmer keeps SCC below 60

The Dairy Trail

31 minutes

3 weeks ago

Chasing cell counts: How a Waterford farmer keeps SCC below 60

In the final episode of this season of Agriland's limited podcast series "the Dairy Trail", technical dairy specialist, Cathal O'Shea visited the farm of John Byrne in Co. Waterford.

John is milking 220 cows just below the Comeragh Mountains in Dungarvan.

He tells us what protocols are place for his to maintain his exceptionally low somatic cell count levels (SCC), in which he has won awards for.

John also talks us through the farms system, the infrastructure in place, breeding, grazing, and herd health.

We hear about the winter feeding system, the farm's dry off routine and what he is doing to push the herd to 560kg milk solids a year.