There were lots of talks and demonstrations on offer between the Beyond the Parlour stage, the Calf Shed Talks stage and the Skills Hub stage.

Arvin Everard, Johnny Flanagan, Rory O'Regan, Gearoid Ryan and Philip Kinane enjoying Dairy Day 2018. \ Ramona Farrelly

Vincent Crowe from Glenstal Abbey and Simon Delaney from Cashel at Dairy Day 2018. \ Ramona Farrelly

Jack Kennedy interviews dairy farmer Jillian O’Sullivan from Co Waterford at the Beyond the Parlour stage at Dairy Day 2018. \ Ramona Farrelly

Richie O'Brien from Glanbia talking at the Skills Hub with Aidan Brennan about how to never run out of silage again. \ Ramona Farrelly

Penny May O’Keefe from Conna, Co Cork, loves tractors and tried out this machine on the JCB stand at Dairy Day 2018. \ Ramona Farrelly

Journal vet Tommy Heffernan and vet Hazel Mullins demonstrating how to calve a cow at the Calf Shed Talks at Dairy Day 2018. \ Philip Doyle

Audience members listen closely for one of the many sessions on offer at the Calf Shed Talks at Dairy Day 2018. \ Philip Doyle

Mary Morrissey, Bord Bia, speaking as part of a discussion on 'Adding Value to Dairy' at the Beyond the Parlour stage with Jack Kennedy, Irish Farmers Journal, Roisin Hennerty, Ornua, James Caffyn, GIRA market intelligence, and Eoin Lowry, Irish Farmers Journal, at Dairy Day 2018. \ Philip Doyle

William Conlon, Irish Farmers Journal, during a session at the Calf Shed Talks at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day 2018. \ Philip Doyle