Tommy Boland

Co-chair @gra_ghg LRG, Prof @ucdlyonsfarm @SMARTSWARD1 @ASAireland, @EAAPofficial

[Tommy Boland @PallasTb]

What is ‘ewe’r’ super power. Sheep convert sunshine into food and fibre. This is what a kg of lamb meat looks like before it is processed through the rumen #agcredible

[Tommy Boland @PallasTb]

@rayofoghlu Just a sheep being a sheep. No further explanation required.

[Bridget Lynch @lyBRIDGET]

Student placement available on a dairy & beef enterprise in South Wexford for students. Variety of farm tasks with supervision in the yard at all times. Accom. (own en-suite room) meals. Email:[email protected]
2025 student experience 📸 in 53s 😃

[John Finn @Johnfinn310]

🌱Newsletter from @Multi4More project
🚜 Highlights:
• Agronomic & sheep feeding trial updates
• Update from Multispecies Workshop
• Farmer survey results: reduced fertiliser use and barriers to adoption
https://t.co/R062sI4v2c

#multispecies

@PallasTb @SuzanneHigginsM

[UCD School Ag & Food @ucdagfood]

UCD Lyons Farm Long Term Grassland Platform (LTGP) is a key member of the Global Farm Platform and we are delighted to announce that the GFP has been awarded the prestigious Technical Recognition by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sustainable Livestock Transformation, One Health, Animal Health, and Reference Centres.

The award was presented during the FAO Global Technical Recognition Ceremony on 15 October 2025, at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, as part of the organisation’s 80th anniversary celebration and the World Food Forum.

Many congratulations to all involved on this exciting achievement.

You can read more on the ceremony and the recognition 👇
https://t.co/igx6aXG7xf

[Cian Minogue @cian_minogue]

Happy to share the first chapter of my PhD has been published in Journal of Dairy Science, looking at plantain in PRG-WC mixtures🐄 🇮🇪

Please read it here: https://t.co/WQccCjOfzR

Thanks to everyone for their help.
@Zoe_C_McKay @PallasTb @Mike_Dineen_ @ucdagfood @PASTURE_NUE

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

lol who did this

[UCD School Ag & Food @ucdagfood]

This months @UCD_CHAS Research, Innovation and Impact “Research Insights” newsletter has a fantastic feature on UCD Lyons Farm discussing how it is leading the way in sustainable livestock and crop livestock research.

You can view the full newsletter at: https://t.co/dFZ6yKZewT

[UCD School Ag & Food @ucdagfood]

It was great to welcome the New Zealand Ambassador to Ireland His Excellency Mr Trevor Mallard and New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Hamish Marr to @ucdlyonsfarm this morning to meet with colleagues, share learnings and discuss opportunities for collaboration.

@ucddublin @ucd_global @NZTrevorIreland @MarrHamish @PallasTb @PierceKarina @AgTechUCD @UCD_CHAS @NovaUCD

[Tommy Boland @PallasTb]

Multispecies swards enhance animal performance in a co-grazing cattle ... https://t.co/ZV2bA67UFF
Congratulations to Dr. Gaspard Beaucarne on this publication.
Summary: Sown diverse swards enhanced animal performance compared to sown PRG monoculture or old permanent pasture.

[Agri Aware @AgriAware]

Lots of action down at the lambing shed at Agri Aware’s Farm Walk & Talk at UCD Lyons Farm

Students are learning about the lambing process and some lucky people even got to help out !

#FarmWalkandTalk #Farm #Ag

[Orla Feely @OrlaFeely]

It was a pleasure to be at @ucddublin Lyons Farm today for the launch of our new dairy calf facility supporting research, education and outreach in @ucdagfood and @ucdvetmed. Thanks to our industry partners @AbpFoods, @fbd_ie, @JFCAgri, @msd_ah, @ornua and Dairy Research Ireland.

[University College Dublin @ucddublin]

🚜🐄 €1 million state-of-the-art dairy calf rearing centre opens at UCD Lyons Farm

A new €1 million state-of-the-art centre that will apply cutting-edge research to benefit and improve the health and rearing of dairy calves has been opened at UCD Lyons Farm.

The Dairy Calf Education and Research Facility will provide agriculture and veterinary students with hands-on experience in the best practice of calf rearing, while also greatly expanding the national research capacity of dairy heifer research - with a focus on early life nutrition, better integration of dairy and beef, and environmental impact.

Designed to fulfil both research and commercial farming requirements, and demonstrate best practice in dairy calf rearing, the new facility has the capacity to rear 180 dairy calves from birth up to 5 months of age.

Utilising the best knowledge both nationally and internationally in calf housing, the facility will allow researchers to continuously monitor and assess key factors in calf rearing such as growth, feed intake and efficiency, health, welfare and behaviour indicators.

“University College Dublin is the only university in Ireland to have its own dedicated research and teaching farm,” said UCD President, Professor Orla Feely.

“This remarkable 250-hectare working farm, Lyons Farm, provides our faculty, researchers and students with an unparalleled agricultural environment in which to teach, research and learn.”

“The addition of this new world-class Dairy Calf Education and Research Facility to UCD Lyons Farm, made possible through the generous support of six industry partners, Dairy Research Ireland, FBD Trust, JFC, MSD, Ornua, and ABP, will ensure University College Dublin remains at the vanguard of agricultural and veterinary research, and plays a critical role in the future success of Irish dairy and beef production,” she concluded.

“We are very grateful for the support of our industry partners in making this development a reality,” said Professor Alexander Evans, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science and Chair of Lyons Farm Management Committee.

“By enhancing our understanding of the impact of early life nutrition on dairy calf health and productivity, we are paving the way for the next generation of agricultural leaders and ensuring a stronger, more resilient future for dairy and beef farming across the country.”

Unique to the new facility is that its dairy calf rearing/research program is integrated into pre-existing whole farm research systems in operation at Lyons Farm, allowing for the examination of the long-term benefits that early intervention can have to the lifetime productivity of dairy calves, farm profitability and environmental footprint.

UCD Lyons Farm, one of the main hubs for UCD agricultural and veterinary research and teaching, is a fully functioning farm comprising 250 hectares of land in Co. Kildare, with dairy, beef, sheep, equine, crop and environmental research, teaching and commercial facilities.

[UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science @UCD_CHAS]

🚀Exciting news from @UCDLyonsFarm! A new €1M Dairy Calf Education & Research Facility has opened, driving cutting-edge research to improve calf health & rearing. 🐮 #AgResearch #DairyFarming Huge thanks to our industry partners
@AbpFoods @fbd_ie @ornua @JFCAgri @msd @ucddublin

[FJ Sheep @FJSheep]

Back in @ucdagfood today to talk to fourth year students about sheep industry and farm policy / schemes. Good to see students still able to mix education with social activity and the good work ag society does in raising money during Agweek! @PallasTb

[Agriland @AgrilandIreland]

€1m dairy calf rearing centre opens at UCD Lyons Farm https://t.co/GvlxMhNEBt

[Tommy Boland @PallasTb]

We've compared PRG only vs PRG/WC vs Multispecies over 5 full production cycles in a dairy calf to beef system. For the first 4 years PRG/WC and MSS animal performance were comparable, this year we slaughtered the MSS cattle 5 weeks earlier than the PRG/WC cattle. ~longterm study

[John Finn @Johnfinn310]

@Agrivetbusiness @wileyinresearch @bhoranIRL Still a key question for future livestock studies relates to whether there’s added value in multispecies over grass:clover. In studies over two-three years, they’re comparable; IMO more likely to differentiate on other environmental features- soil health, emissions, nitrates

[John Finn @Johnfinn310]

In a related paper from the same study, cow milk and milk solids were lower for PRG-250N, intermediate for PRGWC-125N and highest for MSS-125N. Milk and milk solids production per hectare from grazing were similar.

https://t.co/cs94ec0y98

@bhoranIRL

[John Finn @Johnfinn310]

🚨new! Both grass-clover and 6-species #multispecies with lower nitrogen (125N) maintained grass yield and nutritive value relative to ryegrass (250N) under grazing systems (2 years)
Grass & Forage Science: https://t.co/pObQEiYOeH… #multispecies
@wileyinresearch @bhoranIRL

[Irish Grassland Association CLG (IGA) @IrishGrassland]

‼️ RESCHEDULED 14th JANUARY‼️

Due to upgraded weather altert + advice from hotel, we’ve rescheduled to a one day event. Tickets will carry forward. We look forward to seeing you next week. Keep safe from the IGA + Yara Team

Tickets https://t.co/5hIKs4kGuz

🙏 PLEASE SHARE🙏

[UCD School Ag & Food @ucdagfood]

We are thrilled that the UCD Lyons Dairy Calf Education & Research Facility is complete! 🐄🎉

The facility will be fully operational in Spring 2025, with the arrival of the first dairy calves. This state-of-the-art resource is a platform for high-quality education and research on dairy calf health, welfare, and development. It is designed to address critical challenges in dairy calf rearing and support the sustainability of the Irish dairy and beef sectors. 🌍

A big thank you to our partners who made this possible:🤝Together-boosting national research capacity & promoting sustainability in Irish Agriculture.
@AbpFoods @fbd_ie @ornua @jfcagri @msd_ah
@ABPDemoFarm @SenseHubIrl