{"podcast":{"title":"The Dairy Edge","slug":"the-dairy-edge-1130651","podcast_index_feed_id":1130651,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-dairy-edge","website_url":"https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FOQmMRwtX2aWDNTHHPVtY_oVtQmqSeS6Q4aM6Uhxw44/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwMTc5LzE1ODgz/Mjc3MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Teagasc","episode_count":683,"summary":"The Dairy Edge is Teagasc’s dairy podcast for farmers with the latest information, insights and opinion to improve your dairy farm performance. Visit the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T10:19:13.166540+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dairy-edge-1130651"},"episode":{"title":"Your Weekly Grass10 Update","slug":"your-weekly-grass10-update-4","published_at":"2026-04-24T11:07:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dairy-edge-1130651/your-weekly-grass10-update-4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dairy-edge-1130651","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/cbbe86c3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/cbbe86c3/664efd8e.mp3","summary":"For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that 42% of farms are well above target AFC (&gt; 750 kg DM/ha) largely due to challenging grazing conditions. While each farm is individual, these key rules need to be applied: - Maximum SR of 4.2 LU/ha - Minimum AFC of 160 kg DM/LU Now is also a good time to assess clover content in your paddocks and the aim is to identify paddocks with a good clover content. The target is 20-25% clover content in April to allow for reductions in chemical N in May/June Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Tom McEvoy from Ballyragget,Co. Kilkenny. Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsletter and subscribe for weekly updates at: https://bit.ly/Grass10-21stApril 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","meta_description":"For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that 42% of farms are well above target AFC (> 750 kg DM/ha) largely due to challeng…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":866,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dairy-edge-1130651/episodes/your-weekly-grass10-update-4/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dairy-edge-1130651/your-weekly-grass10-update-4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}