Joseph Lyng – Value in the market place for Grass Fed dairy products

My initial interest in this topic arose from my daily work in Glanbia and being from a dairy background. As the Irish dairy farming community continues to expand a concern would be that, once processed, our nutritious filled milk would ultimately…

Klaus Laitenberger – The potential of growing Yacon and other Lost Crops of the Incas and Jerusalem Artichoke as crops and functional foods in Ireland

For the last 20 years I have grown and studied a wide range of food crops – many of them still little known in Ireland and even Europe.   The Irish climate is ideal for crop production and yet only a small percentage of organic fruit and…
Tommy Heffernan Nuffield Scholar 2018

Tommy Heffernan – A cow centered approach to a modern dairy industry

My Nuffield topic examines how by moving the dairy cow to the centre of the industry creates  a sustainable path forward for the cow, the farmer and the industry. I set out to examine the signals for success in dairy farming, examining the…

Colm O’Leary – Farmer led animal welfare – an opportunity for the livestock industry

Colm’s report explores international research in animal welfare and the case for improving welfare standards on farms. In the years preceding this report, animal welfare has been discussed more and more in the media, largely driven by a growth…

Karol Kissane – Review of perceptions of agriculture in primary school students and opportunities for developments

Karol has spent the last 2 years travelling to the Netherlands, Singapore, Japan, the Philippines, Israel, the UK, Belgium, USA, Canada, Kenya, Italy and Australia investigating how agriculture is being presented to primary school children.…

Nuffield Ireland 2019 GFP networking event – Taking on the Challenge

Every year Nuffield Ireland scholars travel with a group of their peers on a defined study tour.  This element of the scholarship is called the Global Focus Program (GFP) and it aims to do just that – provide a global perspective to the scholars…

Fantastic insights at 2018 Nuffield Ireland Conference

The 2018 Nuffield Ireland conference, sponsored by MSD Animal Health, took place on Friday 16th November 2018 in the Castleknock Hotel, Dublin. The keynote address was delivered by former CEO and Chairman of the Kerry Group, Denis Brosnan…

Nuffield Ireland announces 6 new scholars for 2019

Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust Ireland has selected 6 new scholars for the 2019 Nuffield Scholarships. The objective of the Irish Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is to identify future leaders of Irish Agriculture and facilitate their…

Nuffield discussion on fake news and its implications for agriculture

News stories which deliberately mislead in their content or context are often widely shared on social media.