{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dairy Edge","title":"Early milk recording for health and profit gains","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2e27c406\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":899,"description":"Dairy Specialist Stuart Childs joins Emma-Louise Coffey to discuss the benefits to dairy cow health and overall farm profits through milk recording.\n \nStuart explains that the level of milk recording remains low, with 35% of herds representing 50% of dairy cows nationally.\n \nTeagasc recommends milk recording within 60 days of calving in order to detect early infection as well as calculate cure rate and new infection rate following the dry period.\n \nStuart recommends that farmers complete 6 milk recordings per year at a cost of approximately €12 per cow.\n \nHe also describes the financial benefits to milk recording, explaining that research has shown that milk recorded cows produce 400 litres more milk given additional profit of €120 per cow.\n \nFor more information:\nhttps://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2020/Dairy-February-2020-web.pdf\n \nFor more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at:\n https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FizPp2YqaNPbmx7kOdSSeqe3lGqQ33mTmLaxiS1YEus/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwMTc5LzE1ODgz/Mjc3MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}