Conor Holohan

Mornings like these...

👋Don’t 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 taking place at 1pm on March 5th in The Bin (G-15) School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD. This is open to ALL staff and students across @ucddublin and promises to be an excellent talk with someone of Conor's experience and passion in this area. #seriousaboutsupport

#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 €15 each online irishgrassland.ie

@1noeloconnor @AFBI_NI @AgriSearchNI Hard to say for definite but possibly in the next 12-18 mths. Will depend on results from ongoing animal welfare trials and how quickly manufacturers can scale up. Cost might be a drawback at the moment too

@conor_holohan @AFBI_NI @AgriSearchNI Thanks, I was wondering about that alright. It would be very handy for us to move a fence from the yard rather than have to go into the field. Is it far from general availability would you know?

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 🐂📱

@1noeloconnor @AFBI_NI @AgriSearchNI They'll get an electric pulse. Concept is based on associative learning i.e. animal turns/stops when it hears audio cue

@conor_holohan @AFBI_NI @AgriSearchNI What happens if the cows ignore the audio warning and try to move into to the next area?

@SiobhanJordan2 @AFBI_NI @dkitscience @DkIT_ie You're very welcome Siobhán. Great group of students

Thank you @AFBI_NI Hillsborough for a really enjoyable visit for our 4th Year Sustainable Ag students @dkitscience @DkIT_ie @conor_holohan

Productive visit with my good friend @M_Mulkerrins in Texas last month 🏆 Martin already making a big impact at promoting and growing the sport of handball in his new role @TAMU 🔵✋

@AinePOConnell @M_Mulkerrins @brown_finbar @martinheydonfg @Fulbright_Eire @UWMadison @teagasc Thank you Aine!

@conor_holohan @M_Mulkerrins @brown_finbar @martinheydonfg @Fulbright_Eire @UWMadison I'm a UW alumni thanks to the @teagasc walsh fellowship programme! Brilliant college and have some fantastic memories of Madison! Best of luck with your studies!

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

Few hours of behavioural obs with heifers this afternoon. Training to electric fence before they head out to pasture. Tan coming along nicely 👨🏻‍🦰🌡🍳

Chopping and bagging 3rd cut italian ryegrass in Marshfield, WI

@_ColleenSheldon @UWMadisonCALS @AFBI_NI @Fulbright_Eire @halterHQ Different manufacturer Colleen but similar idea

@conor_holohan @UWMadisonCALS @AFBI_NI @Fulbright_Eire Is it like NZ’s @halterHQ or a new invention?

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 🐄🌱

@brianjcorr1 @mkbartlett13 Congrats Brian! Best of luck to you both 👍🏻

It's taken a bit of hard work over a few years and plenty of blood sweat and tears but @mkbartlett13 and I have finally bought our own dairy farm. 380 acres and about the same again in lease area. Just have to pay for it now😀 The madness starts tomorrow morning at 5am🐄🐄

@_ColleenSheldon @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Thank you Colleen! I won't get to catch up with yous this time unfortunately 😢 Will be in the US for another few months

@conor_holohan @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Congratulations Dr Holohan. Robert & I arriving in Dublin on 29 July.

Done and dusted 🎓 Big thank you to my supervisor @lyBRIDGET, @ucdagfood, and the many other people who helped make it happen 🙏

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 🌱 Thank you for the invite folks!

@EndaGalligan @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Thanks very much Enda

@conor_holohan @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Congratulations Conor.

@GradUcd @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Thanks folks!

@conor_holohan @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Congratulations 🥳

@LavelleElaine @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood @UrbleshannyNS Thank you Elaine!

@conor_holohan @lyBRIDGET @ucdagfood Maith thú @UrbleshannyNS