[upbeat music] The one thing about milk quality, like when you see, see any of the, the guys who are very good at it, like they, they just that quick short and, and, uh, they have a good way of monitoring it.

Like, a lot of the pops have apps there.

We've, we've a new app right out in, in Dairygold now, the Da- Dairygold Gateway app, and I suppose it's just live data short, and it's color-coordinated too.

Like, so if, if it is in orange, that means it's elevated, so you need to act like.

This week, I'm joined by Raymond Ryan, milk quality advisor with Dairygold in the Limerick Clare region, to discuss managing milk quality at this time of year, and particularly given the circumstances on farms at present with additional feeding required in many areas.

I started by asking Raymond to give me a brief rundown on milk quality in Dairygold in 2026.

What are you seeing? Are you seeing people running into a bit of bother with a bit of mastitis on the rise in, in the last couple of weeks?

Yeah.