McAuliffe Pig Farms consist of a number of high health high welfare farms which produce healthy, safe and nutritious pork which is exported all around the world. We aim to increase our economic profitability through the improvement of productive output, while maintaining high pig health and welfare, and protecting environmental resources. Our farms consist of 4 modern, high health and high welfare pig farms along with 700 acres of farmland across two counties incorporating a diverse range of farmland habitat including Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation. We breed pedigree & purebred Aubrac & Salers cattle along with Irish Draughts & Irish Sport Horses. Facebook admin is Shane McAuliffe, a graduate of the Royal Veterinary College of London with a Masters in Pig Health and Production where his research looked at associations between disease status & performance, respiratory lesions and antimicrobial use on Irish pig farms. Shane also works as a consultant in sustainable pig production, as a lecturer in Munster Technological University and speaks at many conferences all over the world. Shane is a member of a number of advisory and stakeholder groups including the National Farmed Animal Biosecurity Strategy Forum, the Farmer and Animal Welfare Network for the South West region, World Animal Protection’s 3Ts Alliance stakeholder group & a former member of the Animal Health Ireland Pig HealthCheck Programme Implementation group. He is the Secretary of the Irish Pig Health Society and the current Chair of Animal Health on the Irish Farmers Association's Kerry Executive. His specific research interests include improving the sustainability of agri-food production systems through a OneHealth and OneWelfare approach & research projects he has been involved in include being a member of the APHA working group for the Code of Practice regarding responsible use of antimicrobials on pig farms, a member of SAFEFOOD advisory group & a member of the SWAB stakeholders group. An advocate of education, Shane is a member of the Munster Vet School Working Group, the Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Nursing programme development team at Munster Technological University & volunteers in secondary schools giving presentations to Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science students on sustainable pig farming in Ireland. With an interest in improving biodiversity, Shane was named a Farmland Biodiversity ambassador by Biodiversity Ireland, has been shortlisted for the Farming for Nature Awards and is a corporate sponsor of the Native Woodland Trust. He has a particular interest in developing sustainable agri food production systems in Sub Saharan Africa where he has been involved in a smallholder pig farming project in Rwanda. Shane's list of awards include winning a sustainable farming award at the RDS 2022 Spring Agriculture & Forestry Awards, being named an EU Pig Ambassador in 2019 for his work in engaging with the public on sustainable pig farming & winning the All Star Animal Health Award for Intensive Livestock in 2017 for his role in managing Interchem Ireland's Pig Health Programme.
