Maeve O'Keeffe
Reducing Lameness in Dairy Cows
Biography
Maeve O’Keeffe is in partnership with her parents, running a spring calving dairy farm. Maeve is the Founder and CEO ofInspect 4 Hoof Trimming Limited, which manufactures a roll-over crate for trimming cows feet, and which has won numerous innovation awards. She is a participant on the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers Programme. She is the Secretary of the Irish Cattle Foot Trimmers Association and the Chairperson of St. Catherine’s Camogie Club. Maeve is a 2015 Scholar, and deferred her GFP and other travel for a year, and completed her Nuffield programme with the 2016 scholars.Maeve attained a BSc in Land Management Agriculture from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2012. She previously spent 18 months working on a 1,300 cow dairy farm in New Zealand. Her experience in New Zealand gav
Nuffield Study
Reducing Lameness in Dairy Cows
Maeve O’Keeffe is in partnership with her parents, running a spring calving dairy farm. Maeve is the Founder and CEO ofInspect 4 Hoof Trimming Limited, which manufactures a roll-over crate for trimming cows feet, and which has won numerous innovation awards. She is a participant on the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers Programme. She is the Secretary of the Irish Cattle Foot Trimmers Association and the Chairperson of St. Catherine’s Camogie Club. Maeve is a 2015 Scholar, and deferred her GFP and
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Year
2015 Scholar
Location
Co. Waterford
Sector
Dairy
Education
Farm Enterprise
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