Paul Crosson

Research Officer and Beef Enterprise Leader

Research Interests

Economic and environmental assessment of beef cattle production systems.

Current Projects

Developing more sustainable weanling-to-beef production systems in the context of animal genetics and multi-species swards.
Bio-economic modelling of maternal traits for grass-based suckler beef cow production systems.
Development, validation and application of a bioeconomic systems model of beef cow reproductive management strategies.
Life cycle assessment modelling of grass and grass products for anaerobic digestion.
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle production systems.
Evaluation of the factors influencing technical and financial performance of Irish suckler beef farms.

Education

University College Dublin, BAgrSc, PhD, P.Dip.

Professional Membership

BSAS, EAAP, EGF, IGA, ASA, IFMA.

Anne Jarousse; Pauline Madrange; Jimmy Balouzat; Guillier Maeva; Giacomo Pirlo; Alexandre Mertens; Edward ORiordan; Christoph Pahmeyer; Sylvain Hennart; Louise Legein; Paul Crosson; Mark Kearney; Philippe Dimon; Carlo Bertozzi; Edouard Reding; Miriam Iacurto; James Breen; Sara Carè; Patrick Veysset (2020) Evaluation of the contribution of 16 European beef production systems to food security Agricultural Systems Vol 190, May 2021, 103088
D. Sapkota, A.K. Kelly, P. Crosson, R.R. White and M. McGee (2020) Quantification of cow milk yield and pre-weaning calf growth response in temperate pasture-based beef suckler systems: A meta-analysis. Livestock Science Volume 241, 104222
Taylor R. F., McGee M., Kelly A. K. and Crosson P. (2020) Bioeconomic and greenhouse gas emissions modelling of the factors influencing technical efficiency of temperate grassland-based suckler calf-to-beef production systems. Agricultural Systems Volume 183, 102860
Lynch R., Kelly A. K., Kenny D. A. and Crosson P. (2020) Development and evaluation of a dynamic simulation model of pasture based suckler beef systems. Agricultural Systems Volume 182, June 2020, 102797
Stine Samsonstuen, Bente A. Åby, Paul Crosson, Karen A. Beauchemin, Marit S.Wetlesenad, HelgeBonesmo and Laila Aass (2020) Variability in greenhouse gas emission intensity of semi-intensive suckler cow beef production systems. Livestock Science Volume 239, September 2020, 104091
Todd, C.G., McGee, M., Tiernan, K., Crosson, P., O’Riordan, E., McClure, J., Lorenz, I., Earley, B. (2018). An observational study on passive immunity in Irish suckler beef and dairy calves: Tests for failure of passive transfer of immunity and associations with health and performance. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 1;159:182-195.10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.07.014

Crosson, P. (2017) Invited paper - Sustainability of grass-fed beef production systems. Proceedings of the 63rd International Congress on Meat Science and Technology, Cork, Ireland, 13-18 August 2017.
Crosson, P. (2018) Invited paper - Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems: Irish perspectives on a global issue. Seminar: Reductions of GHG-emissions from livestock production, Ski, Norway, 7 February 2018.
Crosson, P., R.F. Taylor, A.K. Kelly and M. McGee (2018) Invited paper - Economic and environmental sustainability of beef systems. BSAS Annual Conference, Dublin, 11 April 2018.
Crosson, P. (2021) Invited Paper - Research approaches to improved the carbon efficiency of beef cattle production systems. The Challenge of Change. The New Normal. BSAS Virtual Conference. 12-15 April 2021.

Aoife Bergin - Farm systems modelling of production technologies to increase output from suckler beef systems.
Mark Kearney - Co-definition and evaluation of SUSTAINable BEEF farming systems based on resources non edible by humans.