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Karina Pierce
@piercekarina
Professor of Dairy Production, Director External Relations @ucdagfood. Board Member @bordbia. 2019 @NuffieldIreland Scholar 👩🏫 Past President @ASAIreland
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14-04-2015 22:55:57
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The Macnamara Family, 2023 National Winners of the National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards are hosting a farm walk on Thursday next, 12th September at 11:30am. It will provide insight into on-farm measures and actions to protect water quality. teagasc.ie/milkwalk
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Huge congratulations to UCD School Ag & Food graduate, Christopher Cahill who scooped the FBD Insurance Young Farmer of the Year 2024 award at a ceremony tonight in Laois. Cahill is a 30-year-old dairy farmer and a graduate of the Sustainable Agriculture Master's. 🐄🏆
![UCD School Ag & Food (@ucdagfood) on Twitter photo Huge congratulations to <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> graduate, Christopher Cahill who scooped the <a href="/fbd_ie/">FBD Insurance</a> Young Farmer of the Year 2024 award at a ceremony tonight in Laois.
Cahill is a 30-year-old dairy farmer and a graduate of the Sustainable Agriculture Master's. 🐄🏆 Huge congratulations to <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> graduate, Christopher Cahill who scooped the <a href="/fbd_ie/">FBD Insurance</a> Young Farmer of the Year 2024 award at a ceremony tonight in Laois.
Cahill is a 30-year-old dairy farmer and a graduate of the Sustainable Agriculture Master's. 🐄🏆](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXJiaROWcAA60YC.jpg)
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A huge congratulations to Christopher Cahill, who was crowned the FBD Insurance Young Farmer of the Year 2024 last night. Christopher is a #dairy #farmer and a client of our #Mullingar office. Pictured here with Karina Pierce, Chair of the Judging Panel & our Head of Banking,
![ifac (@ifac_ireland) on Twitter photo A huge congratulations to <a href="/ChristopherCah/">Christopher Cahill</a>, who was crowned the <a href="/fbd_ie/">FBD Insurance</a> Young Farmer of the Year 2024 last night. Christopher is a #dairy #farmer and a client of our #Mullingar office. Pictured here with <a href="/PierceKarina/">Karina Pierce</a>, Chair of the Judging Panel & our Head of Banking, A huge congratulations to <a href="/ChristopherCah/">Christopher Cahill</a>, who was crowned the <a href="/fbd_ie/">FBD Insurance</a> Young Farmer of the Year 2024 last night. Christopher is a #dairy #farmer and a client of our #Mullingar office. Pictured here with <a href="/PierceKarina/">Karina Pierce</a>, Chair of the Judging Panel & our Head of Banking,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXLpJLgXIAA1bIo.jpg)
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Bringing together the hard work happening on dairy farms and research centres to show Irish consumers how the industry is evolving is critical to our work - Majella McCafferty, Farmer Advocacy Manager, speaking at today’s farm walk Majella Mc Cafferty #IrishDairy #FromTheGroundUp
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#IrishDairy #FromTheGroundUp Bringing together the hard work happening on dairy farms and research centres to show Irish consumers how the industry is evolving is critical to our work - Majella McCafferty, Farmer Advocacy Manager, speaking at today’s farm walk <a href="/MajellaMccaffe1/">Majella Mc Cafferty</a>
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One Health approach focusing on link between animal and human wellbeing key to preventing pandemics Well done Kieran Meade! UCD School Ag & Food irishtimes.com/science/2024/0…
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Agri Aware is back at the National Ploughing Championships for 2024 🙌 Come visit us in TWO stands this year ! We will be joining forces with UCD School Ag & Food showcasing all of our school programmes and allowing visitors to explore farm life from VR headsets 🐄 📍Block 3, Row 14,
![Agri Aware (@agriaware) on Twitter photo Agri Aware is back at the National Ploughing Championships for 2024 🙌
Come visit us in TWO stands this year !
We will be joining forces with <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> showcasing all of our school programmes and allowing visitors to explore farm life from VR headsets 🐄
📍Block 3, Row 14, Agri Aware is back at the National Ploughing Championships for 2024 🙌
Come visit us in TWO stands this year !
We will be joining forces with <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> showcasing all of our school programmes and allowing visitors to explore farm life from VR headsets 🐄
📍Block 3, Row 14,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXbiapfWIAAVrex.jpg)
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Only 3 days to go!! #ploughing2024 It’s set to be a great event so make sure to pop by to the University College Dublin tent! There will be so much going on! Remember… 📍Block 3, Row 14, Stand 266
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Just 1 day to go! The theme of this years University College Dublin tent is “Sustainable Food Systems”. Hear from Dr.Zoe McKay, Programme Director of the new exciting BSc in Sustainable Food Systems, about all the great things UCD’s #Ploughing2024 has to offer! 🚜 📍Block 3, Row 14, Stand 266
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A busy day UCD Lyons Farm today with an international group through Enterprise Ireland and 4th year UCD School Ag & Food students. All enjoying the sunshine ☀️ AgTechUCD Innovation Centre
![Karina Pierce (@piercekarina) on Twitter photo A busy day <a href="/ucdlyonsfarm/">UCD Lyons Farm</a> today with an international group through <a href="/Entirl/">Enterprise Ireland</a> and 4th year <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> students. All enjoying the sunshine ☀️ <a href="/AgTechUCD/">AgTechUCD Innovation Centre</a> A busy day <a href="/ucdlyonsfarm/">UCD Lyons Farm</a> today with an international group through <a href="/Entirl/">Enterprise Ireland</a> and 4th year <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> students. All enjoying the sunshine ☀️ <a href="/AgTechUCD/">AgTechUCD Innovation Centre</a>](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXmOYaOWwAAJO80.jpg)
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Great buzz on Day 1 of the National Ploughing at the UCD School Ag & Food stand. Be sure to pop in to learn about our school programmes and what Agri Aware is doing to enhance agricultural literacy ❗️💯
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Another brilliant panel discussion chaired by Niamh Bambrick with Noreen Lacey Shauna Jager and Niamh Grimes Dooley at this years #Ploughing24 #ploughing
![UCD School Ag & Food (@ucdagfood) on Twitter photo Another brilliant panel discussion chaired by <a href="/nbambie1/">Niamh Bambrick</a> with <a href="/NoreenLacey/">Noreen Lacey</a> <a href="/shaunamaria_x/">Shauna Jager</a> and Niamh Grimes Dooley at this years #Ploughing24 #ploughing Another brilliant panel discussion chaired by <a href="/nbambie1/">Niamh Bambrick</a> with <a href="/NoreenLacey/">Noreen Lacey</a> <a href="/shaunamaria_x/">Shauna Jager</a> and Niamh Grimes Dooley at this years #Ploughing24 #ploughing](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXrjr3TXwAAlOQT.jpg)
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Delighted to be back National Ploughing. Call in for a chat UCD School Ag & Food Block 3 Row 14 Stand 266 #ucdag
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About to kick off the student panel here with Una Sinnott, Young Farmer of the Year Chris Cahill and MSD Animal Health - Livestock Jack O’Connor 📍Block 3, Row 14, Stand 266
![UCD School Ag & Food (@ucdagfood) on Twitter photo About to kick off the student panel here with Una Sinnott, Young Farmer of the Year Chris Cahill and <a href="/msd_ah/">MSD Animal Health - Livestock</a> Jack O’Connor
📍Block 3, Row 14, Stand 266 About to kick off the student panel here with Una Sinnott, Young Farmer of the Year Chris Cahill and <a href="/msd_ah/">MSD Animal Health - Livestock</a> Jack O’Connor
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Alumni panel UCD School Ag & Food National Ploughing with FBD Insurance Macra na Feirme Young Farmer of the Year Christopher Cahill Úna Sinnott Jack O’Connor MSD Animal Health - Livestock and ASAireland Bank of Ireland Susan Maher. Career opportunities are vast from UCD School Ag & Food degrees
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Great session this am AgTechUCD Innovation Centre at the IFC Global Agribusiness Conference. Our COO Catherine Lascurettes - Cúl Dara Consultancy, James Maloney and David Leydon of ifac presented the agtech ecosystem, after UCD School Ag & Food Karina Pierce Tommy Boland Gary Gillespie and D Argyropoulos intro of 🇮🇪 ag.
![AgTechIreland (@agtechireland) on Twitter photo Great session this am <a href="/AgTechUCD/">AgTechUCD Innovation Centre</a> at the <a href="/IFC_org/">IFC</a> Global Agribusiness Conference. Our COO <a href="/catherinemilk/">Catherine Lascurettes - Cúl Dara Consultancy</a>, <a href="/EI_JamesMaloney/">James Maloney</a> and <a href="/dleydon/">David Leydon</a> of <a href="/ifac_ireland/">ifac</a> presented the agtech ecosystem, after <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> <a href="/PierceKarina/">Karina Pierce</a> <a href="/PallasTb/">Tommy Boland</a> <a href="/Gary_DGillespie/">Gary Gillespie</a> and D Argyropoulos intro of 🇮🇪 ag. Great session this am <a href="/AgTechUCD/">AgTechUCD Innovation Centre</a> at the <a href="/IFC_org/">IFC</a> Global Agribusiness Conference. Our COO <a href="/catherinemilk/">Catherine Lascurettes - Cúl Dara Consultancy</a>, <a href="/EI_JamesMaloney/">James Maloney</a> and <a href="/dleydon/">David Leydon</a> of <a href="/ifac_ireland/">ifac</a> presented the agtech ecosystem, after <a href="/ucdagfood/">UCD School Ag & Food</a> <a href="/PierceKarina/">Karina Pierce</a> <a href="/PallasTb/">Tommy Boland</a> <a href="/Gary_DGillespie/">Gary Gillespie</a> and D Argyropoulos intro of 🇮🇪 ag.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GX7n-CeWEAAe9Br.jpg)