Milk recording: differentiating between DIY and manual milk recording events

Emma Behan from Progressive Genetics joins Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the process of milk recording, differentiating between DIY and manual milk recording events. Emma quantifies the rise of milk recording by 23% in the Progressive Genetic geographic area, given the greater emphasis on selective use of antibiotics at dry off. She explains that the last two weeks of March is the busiest time for milk recording and farmers should consider recording in early March in order to get maximum value from the results. Emma acknowledges that farmers generally wait until all cows have calved to complete the first recording, but says that farmers should instead go when 60-70% of cows are calved, with all subsequent calvers picked up later in the year, in the second or third recording. For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com