Dairy
'Finishing education and coming home to farm too soon is a mistake'
Young farmers who come home too soon after completing their agricultural education are making a mistake, according to Kevin Twomey....
Dairy
Young farmers who come home too soon after completing their agricultural education are making a mistake, according to Kevin Twomey....
Agri-Business
Teagasc has received an unprecedented level of interest in its education courses in recent months, which may take two to...
Agri-Business
One of the best things you can do if you’re looking for a job is to google yourself, UCD agriculture...
Agri-Business
The Irish education system needs to change how it teaches, according to the former Director of Teagasc Liam Downey, who...
Pig/Poultry
Teagasc is to launch a new pig manager course next year as well as develop its existing Level 5/6 pig...
Machinery
Two Irish students have been selected to join the Claas Agricultural Apprenticeship scheme and will be trained at Barony College in...
Agri-Business
An educated farmer is hugely important to agriculture, according to the Director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle. Speaking at the...
Rural Life
The Wexford Campus of Carlow IT has launched a new Ag Science degree programme which will offer up to 24...
Rural Life
Time is running out for students to enter the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSE). There are only 12...
Rural Life
There are places still available on the full-time Fetac Level 5 Green Cert course at Westport College of Further Education,...
Agri-Business
The current SUSI grants system for third-level education grants shows that farm incomes are very low and the IFA have...
Dairy
In order to meet demand for business training from aspiring dairy farmers the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF)...
N.Ireland
The North’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Agricultural Business Operations course has opened for 2015/16 enrolments. The Level...
Rural Life
The National Ploughing Association (NPA) is sending two farmers from the Mbale VIVA Co-op in eastern Uganda to the prestigious Baraka...
Dairy
Farm partnerships and share farming were highlighted at a recent Teagasc open day at Clonakility Agricultural College in Co. Cork....
N.Ireland
Young farmers in the North aged 12-16 years old will have the chance to rear their own calves to finish...
Beef
Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...
Rural Life
Agri Aware is to educate second level students about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the Family Farm classroom in Dublin...