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The VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastSearch for the SupercowDr Maeve Williams, a post-doctoral researcher with Teagasc, joins the pod to talk about her research into cow genetics and identifying traits which can help breed more productive, healthier cows. Some might even call it the search for the Irish supercow.2024-03-2636 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastDairy Designed for HealthProf Paul Cotter, Head of Food Biosciences at Teagasc, joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his work – including fermented dairy products and their health benefits, mapping the microbiome of milk to understand how better to use it for gut health.2024-03-1936 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastGrowing Better MilkJeremy Probert is joined by VistaMilk PhD researcher Renata Kostovska to talk about swards – and how including different plants, which require less fertiliser, alongside traditional rye grass in pasture can benefit the quantity and quality of milk cows produce. 2024-03-0732 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastSustainability StandardsHost Jeremy Probert talks to Keeley McGarr-O’Brien, a Walsh Scholar at Teagasc, about her VistaMilk-funded work to develop a better understanding of dairy sector sustainability standards and how they might be improved.2023-12-1832 minDairy DigressionsDairy DigressionsBehind the Scenes of Ireland’s Economic Breeding Index, the Complexity of Dairy Longevity, and Our Genetic Progress Towards Next Generation Herds with Donagh Berry, PhDPull up a seat as we dive into dairy genetics and Ireland’s esteemed national dairy breeding index—the Economic Breeding Index (EBI)—with the man who championed it, Donagh Berry, PhD. Berry is a quantitative geneticist and a Senior Principal Research Officer with Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre and Director of VistaMilk SFI Research Centre. He joins longtime friend Matt for a special installment of Dairy Digressions recorded during the ADSA Discover Conference on dairy cattle lifespan to explain how he became interested in animal genetics through a love of math and his work developing technologies and too...2023-11-1452 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastMeasuring MethaneTeagasc Research Officer Dr Ben Lahart joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his  recently-published research, which suggests that the amount of methane emitted by Irish cows is significantly less than previously believed.2023-11-1024 minDairy MattersDairy MattersWireless Comms for CowsNadeem 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 electronics or batteries – and its implications for monitoring the health of cows in Ireland’s dairy farming system. A special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, published in collaboration with VistaMilk SFI Research Centre. 2023-10-3130 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastSolving The World’s Biggest Jigsaw PuzzleVistaMilk PhD researcher Rose Edwin joins host Jeremy Probert to discuss her work profiling Irish soil and its implications for soil fertility, plant growth, environmental sustainability, and human health. Rose's goal is to map the microbiome of soil but with trillions of microbes in the soil, piecing them together is like trying to solve the world’s biggest jigsaw puzzle.2023-10-1733 minDairy MattersDairy MattersRise of the BionanomachinesHost 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 communications could benefit the health of animals and, potentially, humans. A special podcast about the science behind dairy farming, published in collaboration with VistaMilk SFI Research Centre. 2023-10-0333 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastWireless Comms for CowsNadeem 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 electronics or batteries – and its implications for monitoring the health of cows in Ireland’s dairy farming system.2023-09-1930 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastGrassroots of SustainabilityDr Elodie Ruelle, Research Officer with Vistamilk, joins podcast host Jeremy Probert to talk about grass growth, grass modelling, and getting to the grassroots of the sustainability issue.2023-09-1934 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastRise of The BionanomachinesHost 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 communications could benefit the health of animals and, potentially, humans.2023-09-0433 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastSecrets of The SoilHost Jeremy Probert is joined by Alan O’Riordan and Han Shao to talk about nitrates sensors.2023-01-0432 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastThe Colour of Health Jeremy from 4TC interviews Alfonso Prado-Cabrero and John Nolan from NRCI about the research they are conducting on carotenoids and lutein as supplements in yoghurt and the potential health benefits of these. 2022-12-0244 minThe VistaMilk PodcastThe VistaMilk PodcastSoil from SpaceVistaMilk PhD student, Rumia Basu talks about how satellites are used to monitor our soils2022-09-2027 minDairy MattersDairy MattersTinder for CowsProf 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 dairy.2022-08-0336 min