Vincent Griffith, Farm Profitability Specialist with Aurivo Co-Op and chair of the IGA Dairy Conference Committee, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to preview the IGA Dairy Conference taking place in Charleville on Wednesday 18th January.

Vincent outlines the three sessions on the day which are:

-       Session 1 which will examine the impacts of banding on farms with a financial impact assessment piece delivered by Noreen Lacey, while David Fennelly, dairy farmer from Co. Laois, will outline how their farm will be responding to the changes that have come in on January 1st this year

-       Session 2 is going to look at energy efficiency to reduce the impact of electricity costs and also the role of technology on reducing the workload associated with dairy farmer in light of reduced availability of help on farms

-       Session 3 will attempt to give people the information they need to embrace clover on their farms as well as hearing from an early adopter, Robert O’Dea from Co. Limerick, who has reduced his chemical N usage by approximately 40% in two years by introducing clover to fill the gap left by reducing the chemical N

Finally, Vincent also speaks about a pre-conference event on Tuesday 17th that will address the topic of succession which will be of benefit to all no matter where they are currently in their farming careers.

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