Dairy Matters

Jerome Desmond is a fourth-generation farmer milking a herd of 250 mainly Holstein-Friesian cows across 400 acres with his wife Majella and his son Brian in Garryhesta, Ovens, Co Cork. He joins the p…

NDC Farm Advocacy Manager Majella McCafferty talks to young Co Cork farmer Paul Sheehan about taking over the family farm, working hard to meet environmental targets and ensure dairy farming continue…

Following the publication of the Government's National Biomethane Strategy, Jeremy Probert talks to Declan Murray, CEO of Biocore Environmental, about the role of biogas anaerobic digestion plants in…

To highlight this year's International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on 8th March, the NDC has produced a special podcast featuring four young women making strides in farming and agriculture. RTE…

In this special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, Teagasc Research Officer Dr Ben Lahart joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his  recently-published research, which suggests that th…

In this special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, VistaMilk PhD researcher Rose Edwin joins host Jeremy Probert to discuss her work profiling Irish soil and its implications for soil fe…

Nadeem Rather, a PhD researcher at Tyndall Institute in Cork, joins the pod to talk about his work developing of a completely new material that will allow the transmission of data without any electro…

Host Jeremy Probert is joined by Dr Lee Coffey, Jennifer Drohan, and Dr Daniel Martins to talk about how the development of bionanomachines which use living bacteria to deliver molecular communicatio…

Irish milk, litre for litre, has a lower carbon footprint than milk produced almost anywhere else – but how much does the public really know about what goes on down on the farm? Jeremy Probert talks …

Jeremy Probert talks to Dr Alan O’Riordan and Dr Han Shao from Tyndall National Institute in Cork about their work on measuring nitrates in soil in real time, providing information to farmers to mana…

Dr Sharon Madigan, Head of Performance Nutrition at the Sport Ireland Institute, joins the pod to talk about the working with elite Team Ireland athletes through five Olympic cycles and the importanc…

NDC Farming Ambassador Nicholas Cooney joins the podcast to talk about the measures he is taking to reduce the carbon hoofprint of his Co Louth dairy farm and make milk production more sustainable no…

VistaMilk PhD student Rumia Basu joins the podcast to talk about her work analysing data from satellite imagery to help Irish dairy farmers make better decisions about drainage, grazing and fertilise…

Ireland rugby star Eimear Considine joins the podcast to talk about the challenges of switching sports, overcoming injury, mental wellbeing, and inspiring the next generation of female sports stars –…

Prof Donagh Berry, Director of the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about the bovine match-making service that is driving genetic and sustainability gains in Irish dai…

Craig McKechnie talks to NDC Sports Ambassador Vikki Wall about chasing her All-Ireland double dream with Meath, moving Down Under to try her hand at Aussie Rules, and the importance of women breakin…

Host Jeremy Probert is joined by Dr Deirdre Hennessy – VistaMilk-funded investigator and Senior Research Officer with Teagasc – to talk about how the increased use of clover in Irish grasslands is ma…

Dr Mary Flynn, Chief Specialist in Public Health Nutrition at the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, joins the pod to discuss health eating guidelines, the Food Pyramid, and why it is recommended that…