Moorepark Research Centre
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About
Moorepark is situtated just outside Fermoy, Co. Cork on the Dublin Road.(N8)
Moorepark research centre is responsible for research in dairy and pig production.
The role of research at Moorepark is to anticipate the production needs of a rapidly changing industry and to provide dairy and pig producers with new and adapted technologies to improve competitiveness and efficiency.
Over 50 scientific and technical professionals, supported by an administrative and operative team, staff Moorepark Research Centre.
Moorepark operates five individual farm units, totalling 320 hectares, and utilises over 600 dairy cows in the research programme. Modern laboratory and computer facilities, state of the art milking facilities and extensive farm buildings, modified for research purposes support this. The pig programme is operated in a modern unit housing 300 sows and 3,000 other pigs.
Dairy Production Division
The main aim of the research is to anticipate the production needs of a rapidly changing industry and to provide producers with new and adapted technologies to improve competitiveness and efficiency. Moorepark operates five individual farm units, using 320 hectares, and over 600 dairy cows in the research programme.
Modern Laboratory and computer facilities, state of the art milking facilities and extensive farm buildings, modified for research purposes support this.
The pig programme is operated in a modern unit housing 300 sows and 3000 other pigs.
