<p><strong>Expertise:</strong> Teagasc is a leading internationally recognised independent research institute with decades of experience in the development of innovative dairy technology. Teagasc has a very close working relationship with key stakeholders in the dairy industry which include Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, dairy farmers, dairy co-ops, Irish and international Universities and research institutes and milking machine manufacturers. New designs of liners used in milking clusters have been developed and tested at Teagasc, Moorepark for all the major multinational milk equipment manufacturers in the nineties. Moorepark provides training for milking machine technicians and calibration of milking testing equipment at its Moorepark laboratory. Teagasc personnel are involved with most companies throughout the dairying industry in developing new standards and test procedures on an ongoing basis.</p>

<p><strong>Facility:</strong> Teagasc Moorepark has extensive research facilities including over 500 hectares of farmland and a new milking research laboratory.</p>

<p><strong>Priority:</strong> Current research priorities in the area of Robotics in Agriculture centre on identifying the key drivers for successful adoption of automatic milking technology on Irish dairy farms and determining the role of automatic milking in future Irish dairy systems.</p>