Bríd McClearn

UCD graduate of Agricultural Science.
Queen's university PhD graduate in dairy production from grass-clover swards. Project manager with Teagasc on @RefreSCAR

[EU Commission in Ireland @eurireland]

Delighted to welcome @McGuinnessEU to Europe House this morning for joint event with @teagasc on co-operation between Ireland and the EU on agri-food research.

EU funding being put to great use in 3 @HorizonEU projects in Ireland: @RefreSCAR_, @ClimateFarmDemo & @SafeHabitus_eu.

[RefreSCAR @RefreSCAR_]

The 2nd Call for Expressions of Interest in the SCAR-Engage Programme was announced this week at an event jointly hosted by @teagasc and the @EU_Commission Representation in Ireland. More about SCAR-Engage here: https://t.co/ByP99xi6yC and updates on @RefreSCAR_ social media

[RefreSCAR @RefreSCAR_]

📰The workshop of the SCAR CWG SAP, on the future of livestock farming was held on the 5-6th November at INIAV in Oeiras, with the support of @RefreSCAR_. Considerable common understanding will be helpful to jointly develop the role of livestock farming in future agrifood systems

[H2020-smart @H2020Smart]

Day 2 of @H2020Smart final seminar in Scotland: table sessions to discuss technologies for 🐑 and 🐐 able to answer farmers' needs from 8 countries. Great discussions! @SRUC @Idele_CEB @InstitutElevage @NIBIO_no @MoredunComms @TeagascSheep

[H2020-smart @H2020Smart]

Day 2 of @H2020Smart final seminar in Scotland: great visit at @incheochgranary: how to use technology for recording 🐑 data for selection @SRUC @Idele_CEB @InstitutElevage @NIBIO_no @TeagascSheep

[H2020-smart @H2020Smart]

Day 1 of EU project @H2020Smart final seminar in Scotland. More than 100 delegates from 8 countries. Visit to @SRUC CT scan unit with Portable Accumulation Chambers & morning & lunch hosted by @MoredunComms.@Idele_CEB @TeagascSheep @NIBIO_no

[H2020-smart @H2020Smart]

Day 1 of @H2020Smart- great visit of @InnovisLtd farm in Southfield! How to use tech for sheep breeding. @SRUC @MoredunComms @Idele_CEB @InstitutElevage @NIBIO_no @TeagascSheep

[TechCare @TechCareproject]

Large scale farm visits in Spain 🇪🇸 🐑
– by Claire Morgan-Davies (@SRUC ), G. Caja (@UABBarcelona ) and L. Riaguas (Oviaragón)

Read the article about the visit👇
https://t.co/c9kkeAt3RY

[TechCare @TechCareproject]

TechCare 3rd Annual Meeting has just started!🤩

Our project Coordinator, Claire Morgan-Davies from @SRUC , has welcomed participants in the city of Toro, Spain 🇪🇸

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

After our tour, the group completed a workshop on technologies with some farmers giving their experiences with tech

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

Excellent tour on Wednesday @LambSpecialists in Navan as part of the 5th @H2020Smart national workshop. Great to see their use of EID readers, and fascinating to see each processing stage from lairage to dispatch

[H2020-smart @H2020Smart]

🐑Showcase Monday!

Check out our Sm@RT Solution from 🇮🇪 Ireland: the EID Weighcrate and Autosorter

https://t.co/cM0bzHAhWi

#Ireland #Sheep #IrishSheep #SmartFarming #PLF #SmallRuminants

@TeagascSheep @TeagascSheep @SheepIreland @EU_H2020

[The Moredun Foundation @MoredunComms]

“Stop the Creeps on Sheep” animation - fun way to learn about the 4 main ectoparasites of sheep, which treatments are effective & how to use them for best effect. https://t.co/vrfeJ06yPz
Series of animations on our website
https://t.co/tHXRV2ITIq

[Teagasc @teagasc]

On the latest #OviCast, Ciaran Lynch, @TeagascSheep & Edward Egan discuss the sheep handling equipment available under the TAMS III Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme. They discuss what the grant aid rates are and how these are calculated. Listen in https://t.co/gd4oX0RC8V

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

@LodPetiteRue Congrats Elodie! 🎉

[EuroSheep @EuroSheepEU]

Thousands of sheep farmers attended Sheep23 in @GurteenCollege in Ireland this weekend with over 800 sheep on show, commercial exhibits and technical demonstrations. Tim Keady and @brid_mcclearn from @TeagascSheep presented EuroSheep and some of our nutrition and health solutions

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

Great day at Sheep23 in @GurteenCollege talking to farmers about the EuroSheep, Sm@RT and TechCare projects. Lucky the thunderstorms stayed away for so long! ⛈️ @EuroSheepEU @H2020Smart @TechCareproject

[Ann McLaren @AnnieMcL1]

We’ve been lucky with the weather here in Norway for the @H2020Smart transnational workshop. ☀️ Great first couple of days seeing a variety of technologies in action. Today was all about the 🐑 farms, tomorrow it’s the turn of the 🐐farms! 🙂 @SRUC @MoredunComms @NIBIO_no

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

Second visit was to Bjørnar og Siw Elgvasslien using an automatic concentrate feeder for his goats, allowing for individual feed allocation. His goats are yielding 780 litres of milk per year, also supplying to TINE

[Bríd McClearn @brid_mcclearn]

Day 3 of #SmaRTNorway @H2020Smart we visited 2 goat dairy summer farms. First stop was at Hans Bondal's farm supplying milk to TINE and keeping some for cheese making. Goats can graze up to 5km away during the day in summer and will return when called for milking