Sustainable Production Systems and System Analysis

The objective of this sub-programme is to undertake research on evaluating relevant technologies emerging from other programme and sub-programme areas in integrated whole-farm production systems (including clover based-systems).

Potential Impact Indicators:

Optimum grass-based systems within various constraints.
Higher profit grass-based systems of animal production.

No.	RMIS - Ongoing	Researcher	Start	End
6241	Development and evaluation of Life Cycle Assessment technologies for the Irish Dairy Industry[9kb]	Shalloo L.	01-Jan-2012	31-Dec-2015
6242	Predicting long and short term milk supply change in the Irish dairy industry[9kb]	Shalloo L.	01-Jan-2012	31-Dec-2015
6263	Carbery Greener Dairy Farms[9kb]	Humphreys J.	01-Jan-2011	30-Nov-2015
6491	The influence of animal genotype and calving date on the productivity of milk production in the BMW region of Ireland[69kb]	Horan B.	01-Oct-2013	31-Dec-2017
6517	Increasing the resilience of Irish dairying through improved dairy cow nutrition in early lactation[71kb]	Horan B.	01-Jan-2014	31-Dec-2018
6665	Rearing dairy calves in the post-quota era[69kb]	Kennedy E.	01-Jan-2015	31-Dec-2019

No.	RMIS - Completed	Researcher	Start	End
5500	Dairy production technology in the northeast[10kb]	Horan B.	31-Jan-2005	31-Dec-2009
5518	Increasing the competitiveness of milk production in areas with high rainfall and heavy clay soils[11kb]	O'Donovan M.	01-Jan-2006	31-Dec-2009
5891	An evaluation of the effect of stocking rate, calving date and nutrient management practice on the productivity of intensive spring milk production systems post milk quota[11kb]	Horan B.	01-Oct-2008	01-Dec-2013
5892	Development of optimal management practices for replacement heifers entering the Irish dairy herd[10kb]	Kennedy E.	01-Nov-2003	31-Aug-2013
6012	Resource-use efficiency in clover-based systems of dairy production[11kb]	Humphreys J.	02-Jan-2010	30-Jun-2006
6015	The investigation of alternate expansive pasture-based milk production systems for the Border Midlands West regions post EU milk quotas[10kb]	Horan B.	02-Jan-2010	31-Dec-2013
6020	Multi-species swards and multi scale strategies for multifunctional grassland-based ruminant production systems[20kb]	Hennessy D.	01-Mar-2010	01-Dec-2013
6054	A common data exchange system for agricultural systems[12kb]	Shalloo L.	01-Dec-2009	31-Nov-2012
6090	The evolution of dairy farming systems in Ireland with specific emphasis on the impacts of and processes underpinning technological adoption among existing and new entrant dairy farmers[8kb]	Horan B.	01-Jan-2011	31-Dec-2013
6191	Towards land management of tomorrow - Innovative forms of mixed farming for optimized use of energy and nutrients[10kb]	Humphreys J.	01-Sep-2011	01-Sep-2015