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Dr Pat Dillon.

Teagasc has reappointed Dr Pat Dillon as Head of the Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation programme at Moorepark for a second five-year term.

One of the four research programmes in Teagasc, the Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation programme covers its dairy, beef, sheep, pigs, animal bioscience and grassland research in a single programme. It encompasses the research being carried out at other locations at Athenry and Grange along with grass breeding in Oak Park. Through the Teagasc specialists service the research outputs are communicated externally and through the advisory services to farmer clients.

Pat Dillon will provide leadership, strategic management and direction for the organisation’s research platforms to support Irish animal production systems. The programme bridges the scientific platforms like genomics and bioinformatics through applied research programmes to make the information practical and useful at farm level. Priorities for the next 5 years will be increasing the competitiveness and profitability of livestock production systems through enhanced productivity, sustainable intensification of our livestock production systems, developing resilient system of production that reduce the impact of price volatility on farm incomes; improving the quality of meat and milk to meet the requirements of more demanding customers and contributing to land mobility through assisting more collaborative farming arrangements.

Dr Dillon graduated from University College Dublin with a BAgr Sc in 1986 followed by a MSc in UCC and he went on to complete his PhD in Grassland Science in the National University of Ireland. He joined the research staff at Moorepark in 1990, became Head of the Moorepark centre in 2004 and has been the Head of the Teagasc Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation programme since 2009.

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