Livestock Systems Research

Department Objectives

• Generate & procure new knowledge to increases profitability and sustainability of Irish livestock farmers
• Become a leading international authority on the impact of relevant technologies on the profitability and sustainability of pasture-based livestock systems
• Collaborate in delivering new knowledge and technology to our stakeholders

Department Strategy

• Procure and generate new knowledge and evaluate it’s contribution using bio-economic models and farmlet systems.
• Work with stakeholders to have research relevant, funded and more readily adopted
• Publish in high quality journals to ensure the scientific merit and to become part of the international scientific community in our areas
• Use farmlet studies/demo farms to assist with knowledge transfer

Livestock Systems Farmelet Research Studies

• Ballyhaise - Regional Dairy Systems
• Clonakilty - Grass/Clover Systems
• Curtains - Spring Milk Systems
• Dairygold - Automatic Milking, NextGen Genetics
• Grange - Suckler Beef Systems
• Johnston Castle - Dairy Calf to Beef, Winter Milk
• Solohead - High S.R. Milking Blocks

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