Pasture Summit was established in 2017 by a
group of progressive and committed farm
business owners and dairy sector experts from
across New Zealand & Ireland. With a wealth of
experience and knowledge on our organising
committee, Pasture Summit is organised and
run by farmers, for farmers and supported by
dairy industry research and extension leaders.
The 2018 Pasture Summit conferences were the
first events of their kind in New Zealand with an
ongoing connection to an international network.
A bi annual event between Ireland and New
Zealand, the next Pasture Summit in 2020 will
be held in Ireland with the 2022 event returning
to New Zealand.
ABOUT PASTURE SUMMIT
Chairman; Mike Magan
Aidan is the Dairy Editor of the Irish Farmers
Journal and a dairy farmer from Co. Tipperary.
He is passionate about grass based dairy
farming. He got involved in Pasture Summit to
advance knowledge in grass based dairy
farming and to forge long term links between
Ireland and New Zealand.
Mike is dairy farming with his son Mick in
Co. Longford. He is a former chairman of
Lakeland Co-Op and is the current chairman
of Animal Health Ireland as well as being a
board member of The Agricultural Trust.
Mike has an in-depth knowledge of the dairy
industry both in Ireland and around the world.
Secretary: Aidan Brennan
Programme content team leaders:
Gillian O’Sullivan (Dairy farmer)
Eddie O’Donnell (Dairy farmer)
Tom O’Callaghan (Teagasc)
Kevin Twomey (Dairy farmer)
Ed Payne (Dairy farmer)
Paidi Kelly (Teagasc)
Organising committee:
Mike Magan (Dairy farmer)
Mike Murphy (Dairy farmer)
Aidan Brennan (Irish Farmers Journal)
Pat Dillon (Teagasc)
Denis Finnegan (Dairy farmer)
Paidi Kelly (Teagasc)
David Leydon ((IFAC)
Mary and Tom O’Keeffe (Event organisers)