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99.7% of farms in Ireland are family owned; research finds

April 18, 2020

First-of-its-kind research from the DCU National Centre for Family Business released Monday, April 13, found that there are 137,100 family farms in Ireland.…

DNA: ‘What a success story agriculture has been’

January 25, 2018

Dairy

“What a success story agriculture has been. The changes that we have made to plants and animals have been amazing. Humans are changing…

Bord na Móna appoints new Managing Director

October 31, 2014

Agri-Business

Bord na Móna has announced that Mike Quinn has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the company. Welcoming the appointment, Chairman of…

Harvesting the potential of Irish Farm Enterprise

September 13, 2014

Agri-Business

Innovation is the ability to think and act differently. Every successful business uses its innovative capacity to maximise results. The Irish farming community…

DCU Ryan Academy helping Farmers to think like Entrepreneurs

May 23, 2014

Agri-Business

The farming community needs to become more entrepreneurial in their approach to business and look at how other sectors innovate. Addressing this perceived…

Lively debate at Ryan Academy think-in

November 24, 2013

Dairy

There was plenty of lively debate at the DCU Ryan Academy Farm Entrepreneurship and Leadership dinner this week. The future of the Irish…

The academy of success

November 20, 2013

Agri-Business

Ireland’s top agriculture’s minds spoke at last night’s DCU Ryan Academy Farm Entrepreneurship and Leadership dinner and top of the agenda was preparation for dairy…

1000 herds signed up for Johne’s pilot programme

November 20, 2013

Other

Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has reached its target of 1,000 dairy herds enrolling in its voluntary Johne’s disease control pilot programme. Mike Magan, chairman of AHI, confirmed that…

Entrepreneurial spirit key to farm success, DCU Ryan Academy

October 3, 2013

Agri-Business

In collaboration with industry, the DCU Ryan Academy has developed a Farm Entrepreneurship and Leadership Programme. The next running of this programme will…

€6m in funding for agri research

September 13, 2013

Rural Life

Some €6m for agriculture research across Ireland has been announced this morning. The awards cover a broad range of research activities from sustainable food production…

DCU Ryan Academy helping farmers to think like entrepreneurs

August 9, 2013

Rural Life

Comment: In March 2012, the team at DCU Ryan Academy was approached by a group from the agri-food sector who expressed an interest…

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