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Paula McCooey
Paula McCooey is a poultry specialist from County Monaghan with over a decade of experience in the poultry sector.
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David Scallan
David Scallan is a fourth-generation dairy farmer from Ballymurn, Co. Wexford, where he farms in partnership with his parents and brother.
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John Donlon
John Donlon, a veterinary surgeon from East Clare, specialises in cattle health and welfare, with a focus on calves.
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Conor Hogan
Conor Hogan is from a beef farm in North Tipperary and leads the People in Dairy Programme at Teagasc Moorepark.
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Kenny McCauley
Leitrim native Kenny McCauley is the founder of McCauley Wood Fuels Ltd, one of Ireland’s longest-established biomass producers.
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Marina Conway
Marina Conway, forester from Sligo and former CEO of Western Forestry Co-op.
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Majella McCafferty
Majella McCafferty, from Leitrim farming stock and Farm Advocacy Manager at the National Dairy Council (NDC).
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Seamus McMenamin
Seamus McMenamin, from a sheep and suckler farm in West Tyrone and Sector Manager for Sheep meat and Livestock at Bord Bia.
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Zoe McKay
Zoe McKay, dairy farming with her partner in Mayo and Assistant Professor at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.
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Nick Cotter
“Getting off blanket worming: An evaluation of current best practice and newer tools to reduce anthelmintic use and anthelmintic resistance on ruminant livestock farms”
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Niall Hurson
Who tells farming’s story best? Mapping the voices shaping the future of agriculture
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Michael Martin
From Field to Fork: Ensuring the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Irish Beef in an Era of Globalisation
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John Keane
Bovine TB in Ireland Pathways to Eradication
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Molly Garvey
Unlocking Ireland’s Agri-food Edge Through Strategic Collaboration
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Gillian Willis
Gillian Willis, Graduate Development Manager, Carlow
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David Fennelly
David Fennelly, Dairy Farmer, Laois
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Thomas Murray
Thomas Murray, Agronomist, Offaly
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Margaret Edgill
Agriculture & tourism synergy: paving the way for farm diversification and rural prosperity.
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Bryan Daniels
Clover in Irish grassland agriculture
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Liagh Whelehan
Liagh Whelehan, Horticulturalist, Wexford
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Pat Collins
The Benefits of Dairy-Beef and Crop Production as an Integrated System
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David Dolan
Net zero carbon emissions – challenges and opportunities for farmers and Co-ops
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Lance Woods
How can Animal Health positively impact our Climate Change Targets?
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Aoife Feeney
“Identifying key methods to influence behaviour change at farm level to improve water quality”.
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John Tyrrell
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Research
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Brian McCarthy
“Regenerative Agriculture Practices in an Urban Environment Which Reconnects People With The Source Of Their Food”.
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Ray Ó Foghlú
“Acquiring social licence to increase tree cover on the Irish landscape”
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Alex Eivers
How to adapt to market demands and change in the Irish Egg industry”.
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Brendan Crosse
‘Creating alternative primary agri-food industries: the feasibility of establishing a large-scale co-operative sheep milk industry in Ireland’
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Kate Dempsey
Irish Mussel Seed Company
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Linda O'Neill
No Farm, No Problem! Pathways for a Rewarding Career in Dairy Farming.
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Gareth Lamberton
The impact of on-farm decisions in our society’.
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Bruce Thompson
“Anthelmintic resistance control measures incorporating pastoral management and dung beetles to increase biodiversity?”
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Robbie Byrne
‘Regenerative Agriculture – Is this the way forward for Irish farmers?’
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Patrick O'Meara
How can Irish farmers be encouraged to meet GHG emission targets? - The Role of the CAP
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Karina Pierce
‘Future Proofing The Irish Agri-Food Sector Through Robust Research’
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Ciara O'Halloran
“Food Tourism – It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer”
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Alison Holmes
Are we Fit to Farm? Investigating Irish Farmer Health Status and Sustainability
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Ailish Moriarty
“Promote Adoption of Milk Surveillance Schemes & Identify Decision Support Tools to Enable Farmers to Become More Proactive in Managing Herd Health.”
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Colm O'Leary
Farmer led animal welfare - An opportunity for the Irish livestock industry
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Joe Lyng
“Value in the market for grass-fed dairy product”
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Klaus Laitenberger
The potential of growing yacon and Jerusalem artichokes as crops and functional foods in Ireland
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Karol Kissane
Review of perceptions of agriculture in primary schools students and opportunities for developments
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Tommy Heffernan
A cow centered approach to modern dairy farming
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Ed Payne
Farmers’ responsibility to become more competitive and sustainable employers
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Lorcan Allen
A licence to farm – how Irish agriculture can maintain its social licence to operate
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Niall O'Regan
Improving Nutrient Management and Protecting Water Quality
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Eamon Sheehan
Microbial Management and it’s Importance in the Dairy and Beef Industry
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Owen Brodie
The role Co-ops play in encouraging viable dairy farming, in marginal areas
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Bryan Hynes
Models for managing multiple dairy units in Ireland - Profitable dairy expansion
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Peter Farrell
Risky Business - Managing Dairy Volatility
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Roberta McDonald
Innovative disruption of farmer development programmes
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Ailbhe Gerrard
Farms Selling Direct to Consumer (Adding value - farm to consumer direct sales, short food chains)
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Tom Dinneen
Value-Added Dairy Farm Diversification - The Ingredients for Success
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Ray Hunt
Future Genetic Trends for Grass Based Dairying
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John Joyce
A Blueprint for Starting a Successful Producer Group.
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Máire McCarthy
Female Representation in Leadership Positions in Irish Agriculture and Specifically on Dairy Co-operative Boards
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Joe Burke
Efficient, Sustainable Beef Production using Dairy-bred Animals
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John Buckley
People Skills: The biggest Challenge facing Irish Agriculture.
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Maeve O'Keeffe
Reducing Lameness in Dairy Cows
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Aidan Gleeson
The Beef Farmer Processor Relationship, What Needs to Change
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Kevin Moran
Access To Finance, The Biggest Challenge In Converting The Intangible Into Tangible
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Brian Rushe
Speaking up for Agriculture - Protecting Farming's Social License
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Sean O'Brien
Educating Members of Dairy Co-operatives Pre-Board Selection
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Mary Delaney
Sustainability – the Climate Change Challenge in Irish Dairying
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Finola McCoy
Building strong professional networks
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Tommy Moyles
Suckler Cows and the art of choice
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Joe Leonard
Stress Management in Farming in Ireland
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Sean Coughlan
A transfer to dairy farming, the knowledge nad capital required
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Karen Brosnan
Leadership Development Pathways for Irish Agriculture
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Mark Rochford
Developing people on Irish dairy farms
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Eddie Kehoe
Maximise Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Beef Production to meet Market Demands of the Future
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Alo Mohan
Thinking Different - Encouraging the Transfer of Knowledge in the Poultry Sector
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Sean O'Donnell
Farm Fragmentation in Irish Dairying - Overcoming and Adapting to it
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Seamus O'Mahony
Do smaller Multi-purpose Farmer Owned Co-ops in Ireland have a future?
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Sean Cummins
Digital Knowledge Transfer Platforms to Initiate On-farm Change
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Micheál McCarthy
Once A Day milking and how it benefits Irish farmers Pre and Post Quota
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Andrew Gow
Report name: How Co-ops grow and work together.
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Amii McKeever
Dominance, Competition and Consumer Demand - The Impact on Meat Protein Producers
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Aisling Meehan
Access to Land for Dairying - New Legal and Tax Models in an Irish Context
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David Murphy
Dairy Co-ops for the 21st Century
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Shane Fitzgerald
Animal Health in an expanding Dairy Industry
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Kevin Nolan
GM Crops and their Benefits for the Environment and European Agriculture
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Julian Hughes
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Research
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Kevin Kilcline
Co-operating to Compete: A Future for Irish Farm Forestry
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Bill O'Keeffe
Efficient and Sustainable Expansion for Irish Dairy Farming
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Shane Delahunt
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Research
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Seamus Holland
Optimising the Grazing Platform’
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Brian Reidy
How to encourage young people into dairy farming
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Derek McCabe
‘Carbon Sequestration in Forestry
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Tadhg Buckley
The role of Dairy Futures Markets and other price risk management mechanism in the EU Dairy Industry’
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Tadhg Healy
Anaerobic Digestion in Rural Ireland
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Jonathan Tighe
Capitalising on the Potential of Farming Collaborations in Ireland’
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James Murphy
The Structure of the Irish Dairy Industry: A Constraint to Profitable Dairy Expansion?
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Gerard Buckley
Expanding a Business from a Dairy Farmers Perspective
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Kevin Commins
The Development of People in our Business’
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Kevin Twomey
Where to start a sustainable dairy farm on a grass based system
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Eamonn Phelan
Cover Cropping for Tillage Farming in Ireland’
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Kevin Coffey
The Impact of Milk Solids on Irish Milk Processors versus their New Zealand Counterparts’
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Eilish Broderick
“Opportunities for Farm Families in Food Production”
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