Rural Life
Over 700 ag science Leaving Cert students receive top results
About 715 students out of a total of 5,501 that sat the higher level Leaving Certificate (Leaving Cert) agricultural science...
Ag Science
Rural Life
SETU ag science student wins Student Entrepreneur Award
A BSc Hons in agricultural science student at South East Technological University (SETU), Yvonne Leahy, has won an award for...
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Watch: The multipurpose material for the agricultural sector
Discover how Stokbord is the multipurpose material for the agricultural sector and is taking the agricultural and equestrian world by...
Rural Life
Leaving Cert ag science exam students may feel 'hard done by'
Could you describe with the aid of a labelled diagram how a peat soil is formed – if the answer...
Rural Life
11% drop in students sitting Leaving Cert ag science exam
6,638 Leaving Cert students are due to sit the written agricultural science exam later this month, according to the State...
Other
TUS ag science and sustainability degree underway
There has been keen interest in the new Level 8 honours degree course in agricultural science and sustainability (BSc.) being...
Rural Life
Ag science teachers voice new curriculum concerns
The Irish Agricultural Science Teachers’ Association (IASTA) has a number of concerns about the new agricultural science curriculum and how...
Rural Life
Top marks for agricultural science students in this year's Leaving Certificate
The State Exam Commission (SEC) has confirmed that 4.8% of students who took the higher level agricultural science paper in...
Rural Life
How many students sat agricultural science in this year's Leaving Cert?
Over 7,700 students in Ireland sat the agricultural science exam during this year’s Leaving Certificate in June. And today marks...
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Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
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Leaving Cert ag science papers garner positive reaction
The Leaving Cert agricultural science papers for this year – the second last year of the current exam format, with...
Agri Politics
Brexit 'complicating food production sector' - Hogan
Brexit is complicating Ireland’s food production sector. These were the sentiments expressed by EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs Phil...
Agri Politics
Investing in the future of agriculture through Horizon and CAP
EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs Phil Hogan has highlighted that recent concerns over commodity prices, food security and...
Agri-Business
'Knowledge and technology' at the heart of agricultural matters in IT Tralee
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan told those gathered at the Institute of Technology, Tralee (IT Tralee)...
Agri Politics
'Farmers and agri-businesses are our boots on the ground' - Hogan
EIP-AGRI has proven itself to be a major policy and networking initiative helping to speed up research uptake and innovation...
Rural Life
Wexford students take SciFest award for agriculture project
Two students from Meanscoil Gharman, Brownswood, Enniscorthy, won the Science Teachers’ Association award at SciFest recently. Conn Caomhanach and Con...
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Calf milk replacer range with Opti-Skim sees expansion
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Rural Life
UCC launches new agricultural science degree specialising in dairying
The new agricultural science degree programme – which specialises in dairying – from the University College Cork (UCC), in association...
Rural Life
'Agricultural science needs to reflect changes in modern agriculture'
The Irish Agricultural Science Teachers’ Association (IASTA) is hopeful that progress will soon be achieved on the updating of the 1972...
N.Ireland
NIIAS conference to debate how to close the consumer-producer divide
The growing gap between consumers and primary producers will take centre stage at the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science...
N.Ireland
Primary science fair calls for NI country schools and farm kids
Ireland’s biggest science fair is doubling its capacity in its second year in Belfast, bringing over 1,500 pupils together to...