{"id":34,"date":"2016-06-07T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/?p=34"},"modified":"2016-06-07T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:49:06","slug":"mountbellew-agricultural-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/2016\/06\/07\/mountbellew-agricultural-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountbellew Agricultural College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I visited Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co. Galway for the first time. \u00a0As my project is based here, it was important to see the farm and meet with the farmers. \u00a0I met with the dairy advisor who showed me around the farm. \u00a0I was able to see the milking parlour, where the milk is stored. \u00a0I was also shown the fertilizer they use on the farm, as well as the windmill they have- although it is not yet up and running. \u00a0My first trip out to Mountbellew was necessary, as now that I have a good understanding of the layout of the farm, I can begin to consider the locations in which I will place my CO2 and CH4 sensors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/windmill-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"MAC\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/windmill-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/windmill.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAC windmill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/fertilizer-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fertilizer used on Mountbellew farm\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/fertilizer-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/fertilizer-1.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fertilizer used on Mountbellew farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/13346600_10206270192538657_6014562946720276609_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Milk tank where milk is stored at a certain temperature\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/13346600_10206270192538657_6014562946720276609_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/13346600_10206270192538657_6014562946720276609_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milk tank where milk is stored at a certain temperature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/water-holder-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Water is stored in this holder\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/water-holder-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/water-holder.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I visited Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co. Galway for the first time. \u00a0As my project is based here, it was important to see the farm and meet with the farmers. \u00a0I met with the dairy advisor who showed me around the farm. \u00a0I was able to see the milking parlour, where the milk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/2016\/06\/07\/mountbellew-agricultural-college\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mountbellew Agricultural College<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/beti-o-connor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}