Conor Holohan
@conor_holohan
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Farming | Research | Extension | @ucd | @AFBI_NI | PhD in dairy | MSc in ag extension @Teagasc | DkIT grad | Fulbright Scholar @UWMadison
Monaghan, Ireland
Joined December 2015
๐Donโt forget!!! Tomorrow!!! @UCD_Ag_Soc and @ucdagfood are delighted to host a talk on 'Building resilience for your Educational Journey", given by Dr @conor_holohan , Programme Director of Make the Moove - the rural mental health and wellbeing initiative. The talk is
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#igadairy 9th + 10th January 2024 @CharlevillePark @Yara_Ireland Session 1: Managing challenging milk prices. Chair: @patrickgowing. Speakers @buckleytadhg + GD Young Dairy Farmer. RT to let all know, tickets are all discounted by โฌ15 each online https://t.co/5hIKs4k8F1
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Short clip from one of our virtual fencing research trials @AFBI_NI @AgriSearchNI This study looked at the use of VF for creep grazing in suckler beef herds ๐๐ฑ
Do not miss the video explaining the benefits of the Virtual fence, created by ABFI Hillsborough https://t.co/K4FXlQf4QY
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Productive visit with my good friend @M_Mulkerrins in Texas last month ๐ Martin already making a big impact at promoting and growing the sport of handball in his new role @TAMU ๐ตโ
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Pleasure meeting embassy agriculture counsellor @brown_finbar and Irish minister of state @martinheydonfg today to share some experiences about @Fulbright_Eire and my time @UWMadison
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Few hours of behavioural obs with heifers this afternoon. Training to electric fence before they head out to pasture. Tan coming along nicely ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ณ
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Chopping and bagging 3rd cut italian ryegrass in Marshfield, WI
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First virtual fencing study in the US underway @UWMadisonCALS. Part of our ongoing VF research program @AFBI_NI testing the scope of this new tech and most importantly how it effects animal behaviour/welfare. New collaboration made possible thanks to @Fulbright_Eire ๐๐ฑ
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Great day at the annual @Grassland2_0 team meeting this week. Some exciting new decision support tools being developed to promote use of grasslands in the US. Very impressive work on outreach and curriculum development also ๐ฑ Thank you for the invite folks!
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Done and dusted ๐ Big thank you to my supervisor @lyBRIDGET, @ucdagfood, and the many other people who helped make it happen ๐
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First day on the alpine meadows for these cows and calves. Left the home farm in the valley at 2am and took 5hrs to get up the mountain. One person walks in front with a light and the cows follow. These pastures are 5000ft above sea level (1600ft higher than Carrantuohill)
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How they made hay in Slovenia back in the day. Wooden hayracks called kozolec. Dotted all around the countryside
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Alpine dairy farm in Slovenia. 20 cows from 8 different farms sent up the mountain to graze on 'communal pastures' for summer. Each cows yield is recorded to work out what each farmer gets paid. Herdsman looks after animals and makes the (very tasty) cheese ๐ง
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Our recently published grassland paper from my phd @ucdagfood has been awarded article of the month by @CambridgeUP ๐๐ฑ Summary here... https://t.co/ELPj4d6L1O
@lyBRIDGET @ConnieGrace16 @BockMegan
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Handling unit is indoors and can be heated during winter. Gets down to -30ยฐC in these parts I'm told!
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Fat scanning today at the UW beef nutrition unit. Looking at fat depth and marbling as part of a nutrition study on dairy-origin cattle. Research being undertaken by Dr Matt Akins and MSc student Alyssa Seitz
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Sharing some insights on grassland systems in Ireland with members of the @Grassland2_0 project recently. This $10m project is doing major work to improve farm sustainability in the Midwest. All through the promotion of grass-based agriculture ๐ฑ @Fulbright_Eire
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Third paper from @conor_holohan thesis ๐ ๐๐ป An assessment of herbage mass, ryegrass cultivar and red clover inclusion on sward productivity, quality and morphology under a cutting protocol
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