SMARTSWARD
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@SMARTSWARD is an @agriculture_ie funded project lead by @ucdagfood collaboration with @AFBI_NI @ditofficial @MasseyUni with @DevenishNutri and @SlaneyFoods
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Joined September 2018
#Budget2022 includes an initiative by @McConalogue @agriculture_ie to grant aid the planting of Multispecies swards on Irish farms. This is a research topic our researchers have worked on for almost a decade.
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RT @PallasTb: A good example here of the sector supporting the translation of research from research farms to on farm application, supporte…
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RT @CarolineBrophy5: Modelling the BEF relationship: Do you want to jointly model the effects of richness, composition AND evenness on ecos…
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RT @farmersjournal: On this week's Young Stock Podcast we chats to Rachel Connolly, a PhD student from Co Donegal. Her research is part of…
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RT @Multi4More: Livestock Farmers!🧑🌾👨🌾 Do you use Multispecies Swards? Do you refuse to use them? What advice would you need to be bett…
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RT @agriculture_ie: 🌱 The Claim System is now LIVE for Multi-Species Sward and Red Clover Silage Measure Applicants 🍀🐄 📅 Deadline extended…
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Funding for this work, which is part of the @SMARTSWARD1 project was provided by @agriculture_ie along with support of @ABPDemoFarm @Germinal_Ire @AllflexIreland @DevenishNutri @msd_ah
Fascinating research by @ucdagfood shows that a farmer could reduce nitrogen spreading by 4.6 tonnes, while also getting 100 tonnes extra of fodder for their animals by moving to multispecies swards, whereby herbs and legumes are grown along with grass.
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Great to see the work with beef cattle at @ucdlyonsfarm covered on @rtenews yesterday. @PallasTb @HelenBSheridan @fionnualagodwin & Alan Kelly all present are part of the larger team in @ucdagfood and beyond conducting this work
New research shows there are huge environmental and economic benefits for farmers who plant fields with multispecies of plants rather than grass alone. The research from UCD School of Agriculture shows emissions are also reduced | Read more:
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Lots of interest from farmers in the results from SMARTSWARD shared @ABPDemoFarm open day yesterday
Great interest yesterday from farmers in MSS and lots of really good and probing questions. Farmers are very keen to take on new practices to support sustainability but need to be properly supported in doing so.
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RT @PaulSmid94: 3yr Postdoc position working on the @MethanePredict project. Excellent opportunity to work on this @agriculture_ie and @MP…
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SMARTSWARD PI continuing to develop the research capacity @ucdagfood to measure GHG emissions from pasture based production systems.
Like a kid at Christmas. Really exciting to take delivery of 2 Small Ruminant GreenFeed systems @CLockLivestock @ucdlyonsfarm funded by @scienceirel @ABPDemoFarm & @UCD_Research which will increase the national capacity in methane mitigation research. @stafford_v
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Here @teagasc Ashtown for launch of MACC3. Great to see MSS included. Hard to imagine this even a decade ago. Shows importance of Research and vision by @HelenBSheridan @Johnfinn310 @lyBRIDGET and many others. Looking forward to the mornings information @Multi4More
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RT @ABPDemoFarm: This one is a heartbreaker...❤❤ @SMARTSWARD1 @ucdagfood
#SustainableBeefProduction #CalfRearing
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RT @jordanarivero: 👩🏫Honoured to have delivered a lecture with Prof Michael Lee at @HarperAdamsUni about the work we carry out in the @Glo…
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RT @teagasc: There will be lots to see and do at SHEEP 2023 including: Sheep Shows, Trade Exhibits, Technical Villages, Cookery Demonstrati…
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Since we started our work on the @ucdlyonsfarm long term grazing platform @ABPDemoFarm have been our partner rearing calves and supporter of the research program. These cattle are reaching slaughter around 20.5 months at 315 kg carcass weight
Super bunch of calves being reared on one of our rearing units.😍 These calves are part of a Smartsward research project in @UCDLyons. @PallasTb @SMARTSWARD1 @ucdagfood
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RT @teagasc: There will be lots to see and do at SHEEP 2023 including: Sheep Shows, Trade Exhibits, Technical Villages, Cookery Demonstrati…
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Also cattle on MSS slaughtered 5 to 6 weeks earlier, so lower concentrare input during the finishing phase too.
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