Absolutely delighted to get the email from Frontiers this morning that the first paper from my PhD, investigating the 💩microbiota of dairy calves and diarrhoea during the pre-weaning period has been published!!! HoloRuminant H2020 UCD School of Veterinary Medicine Teagasc

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Regular hoof trimming is important for ensuring good animal welfare on all Irish farms. Today we are having a demo of a new Condon engineering hydraulic hoof crate.

Our April News Sheet is now available. This month we discuss BVD Biosecurity pre-breeding, a free mastitis consult, the cost of lameness in Irish Dairy herds and a focus on protecting young cattle at pasture. Follow the link to read more: bit.ly/49UBd7F

Upcoming training will be available for providers of the Cell Count Solutions TASAH Consults, including vets, milking machine technicians and farm advisors. More info here:
animalhealthireland.ie/training/tasah…

All 40 of my Farmer Knowledge Transfer meetings for 2024 completed. An exhausting and stressful process 😩but hopeful that Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will have all the problems sorted before the 2025 meetings kick off

The School of STEM Munster Technological University visited Presentation Secondary School Castleisland, the first of a number of schools we are providing with copies of Engineering in the World, a wonderful book which aims to inspire interest in the field of Engineering.

I’ve been meaning to call with a good few years but finally got to Timoleague Agri Gen to see their on farm biogas plant and digester 🌍🐷

Exciting work ongoing by the Circular Bioeconomy Research Group team James Gaffey Munster Technological University IKC3 Project

Great slide here showing how Munster Technological University is central to Ireland’s bioeconomy journey

How to introduce the bioeconomy into education - Fiona Scott Hayward from Munster Technological University IKC3 Project BIObec

The wind turbine has been on the farm for 13 years and contributes to 30% of the farm’s energy usage at peak time Carbery Group BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

Big focus at Farm Zero C on renewable energy - impressive use of technologies BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre Carbery Group

Methane reducing feed additive has reduced methane emissions by 7% at Farm Zero C Carbery Group BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

Ammonia emissions at Farm Zero C reduced by 29% in 5 years 👌🏻Carbery Group BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

Excited to be at Farm Zero C today - led by Carbery Group and BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

Thank you to St Brendan’s College Killarney for the invite to speak to 5th and 6th year Ag Science students about sustainable pig farming in Ireland. So many questions and great discussion on so many topics like #AgTech , #AMR , course options at Munster Technological University MTU Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Salesian Agricultural College

Frankie my Irish draught colt turns 2 today 🎂

Deer farm visit 🦌 Such a shame there’s no marketing support from Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board for Irish venison like the impressive campaigns in the UK with Eat Game BDFPA

UCD School Ag & Food Precision Microbes Keith is an absolute credit to the college

A bright future ahead of him and what a positive attitude (it could be bottled)

Great to see the next generation of agriculture leaders coming through UCD

Teased us with a sneak peak while filming this so it’s great to see the final video and results of the trials! 🐖 Well done Keith ⁦Precision Microbes⁩ & ⁦Tommy Heffernan 🦠🦠🦠⁩ Make sure to check this out! 👇 youtu.be/GaOg2ReqEHI?si…