| Dr. Sinclair Mayne |
 Dr. Sinclair Mayne is Head of the Agriculture Branch within the Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science Division of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). AFBI was created on April 1st , 2006 as the amalgamation of DARD Science Service and the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland. Dr. Mayne graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Agriculture from Queen’s University of Belfast in 1980. He then undertook his PhD at Hillsborough from 1980-1983, investigating factors influencing dairy cow performance on grass silage-based diets. Following graduation he led a research team at the Grassland Research Institute, Devon, England, for 4 years, examining effects of grazing management systems on herbage intake and milk production, before taking up his current post. In 1987 he returned to Hillsborough and since then his research work has primarily been concerned with developing sustainable livestock systems based on grazed and conserved grassland. In addition, he lectures to final-year students in Agriculture and supervises postgraduate students at The Queen’s University of Belfast. Dr. Mayne has published widely in both scientific and popular farming journals. Recent publications (1) Mackey, D.R., Gordon, A.W., McCoy, M.A., Verner, M and Mayne C.S. (2007). (2) Keady, T.W.J., Mayne, C.S., Kilpatrick, D.J. and McCoy, M.A. (2005). (3) Barrett, P.D., Laidlaw, A.S. and Mayne, C.S. (2005). (4) Keady, T.W.J., Mayne, C.S. and Kilpatrick, D.J. (2004). |