Hill Sheep Conference
19 February 2020 19 February 2020
Event Time 6pm
Venue Jacksons Hotel, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
Venue Jacksons Hotel, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
| AGENDA | |
| Chairman James Keane, Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal Regional Manager | |
| 6:00 | Conference Opening Professor Gerry Boyle, Director, Teagasc |
| 6:10 | Anthelmintic resistance in stomach and gut worms of sheep Orla Keane, Teagasc Animal & Bioscience Research Dept, Grange, Co. Meath |
| 6:40 | Sustainability and public good provision of hill sheep farms Cathal Buckley, Teagasc Rural Economy and Development Programme, Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co. Galway Strategies for maintaining High Nature Value (HNV) Farmlands Discussion Leader - Darren Carty, Irish Farmers Journal |
| 7:10 | An integrated approach to sheep farming in the hills and uplands Eileen McCloskey, Sheep Technologist, CAFRE, Greenmount Collage, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| 7:22 | The Burren Programme: supporting farmers to deliver better economic, social and environmental outcomes on their land Brendan Dunford, Manager, The Burren Programme Old Schoolhouse, Carron, Ennis, Co. Clare |
| 7:34 | Sustainable Uplands Agri-environment Scheme (SUAS) in Wicklow Declan Byrne, Project Manager, SUAS EIP Project, Wicklow |
| 7:46 | The Inishowen Uplands European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Project Henry O’Donnell, Drumfries, Clonmany, Co. Donegal |
| 8:00 | Panel Discussion Eileen McCloskey, Brendan Dunford and Henry O’Donnell |
| 8:15 | Conference Close Damian Costello, Sheep Specialist, Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway |