Nicky Byrne

Dr. Nicky Byrne is a livestock systems research officer at the Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland, responsible for dairy-beef production. His focus is on system optimisation through a combination of improved genetics and grassland nutrition. Current projects explore the effects of using dairy-beef genotypes divergent in age at slaughter, carcass weight and conformation, as well as identifying management strategies to allow animals express their full genetic potential. Nicky’s research objective is to achieve greater integration between the needs of beef and dairy producers, enhancing the social, environmental and economic sustainability of cattle production systems. Nicky is an Agricultural Science graduate of University College Dublin (2014) and completed a PhD in grassland science at Queen’s University Belfast (2019).