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Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volume 61, Issue 1

Issue date: 03 March 2022

Journal: Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Publisher: Compuscript Publishing

Table of contents

Celebrating 60 years of the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research	iii
Irish Grassland Research — main achievements and advancements in the past 60 yrs and where to progress to next M. O’Donovan, P. Dillon, P. Conaghan …	1
Developments in nutrition for pasture-based cattle and sheep systems in Ireland J. Patton, M. Dineen, T.W.J. Keady …	12
The development of effective ruminant breeding programmes in Ireland from science to practice D.P. Berry, F.L. Dunne, N. McHugh …	38
Ruminant health research – progress to date and future prospects, with an emphasis on Irish research J.F. Mee, D. Barrett, P. Silva Boloña …	55
Animal welfare research – progress to date and future prospects L. Boyle, M. Conneely, E. Kennedy …	87
An overview of Irish pig production, research and knowledge transfer since 1960 L.A. Boyle, C. Carroll, L. Clarke …	109
Irish research response to dairy quality in an era of change B. O’Brien, T. Beresford, P.D. Cotter …	126
Current research and emerging tools to improve fresh red meat quality M. Gagaoua, G. Duffy, C. Alvarez …	145
‘Come aboard’ the systems-based approach: the role of social science in agri-food research and innovation Á. Macken-Walsh, M.M. Henchion, Á. Regan	168
Potatoes in Ireland: Sixty years of potato research and development, market evolution and perspectives on future challenges D. Griffin, L. Bourke, E. Mullins …	184
Benchmarking a decade of holistic agro-environmental studies within the Agricultural Catchments Programme P.-E. Mellander, M.B. Lynch, J. Galloway …	201
An outline of achievements in selected areas of forest research in Ireland 1960–2021 N. Farrelly, M. Nemesio-Gorriz, I. Short …	218