Rural Life
Deadline for Green Cert applications draws close
Those hoping to to attend agricultural college this year have just two weeks left to submit applications as the deadline...
Rural Life
Those hoping to to attend agricultural college this year have just two weeks left to submit applications as the deadline...
Beef
Teagasc advisors in the midlands have confirmed a growing push by drystock farmers to switch to dairy. “The momentum to get into...
Machinery
Back in February, Gurteen Agricultural College in Co. Tipperary updated its tractor fleet for the school, having brought in five New...
Rural Life
Friday, May 26, is the deadline for agriculture college full-time course applications, according to Tony Pettit, Head of Education in Teagasc....
Agri-Business
Teagasc will appoint the 15 new temporary staff in autumn 2017, to meet the demand for its Green Cert course....
Rural Life
Teagasc’s request for 15 new temporary posts to meet acute demand pressure points in some geographical locations was recently approved...
Agri-Business
Teagasc plans to introduce a revised Green Cert course from the start of the 2017/18 academic year, the Minister for...
Agri-Business
The Green Cert is set to be overhauled, according to the Head of Teagasc Gerry Boyle. Speaking this week at...
Agri-Business
Some 3,500 students are still waiting to start education courses with Teagasc, according to the head of Teagasc Gerry Boyle....
CAP / Schemes
There is ‘no flexibility’ around new EU regulations which requiring applicants to key young farmer schemes to have commenced their...
Agri-Business
Demand for Teagasc’s adult Green Cert is at an all-time high with over 3,500 students enrolled in Teagasc’s Green Cert...
Agri-Business
Young farmers who have applied for National Reserve Scheme (NRS) and Young Farmer Scheme (YFS) in 2015 need to enrol...
Agri-Business
The provision of 20 new members of staff to Teagasc will make available 1,000 additional Green Cert places, according to...
Rural Life
There are places still available on the full-time Fetac Level 5 Green Cert course at Westport College of Further Education,...
Rural Life
Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co Galway is holding a late entrance exam for its Fetac Level 5 (Green Cert) course...
Rural Life
Teagasc has, to date, received almost 2,500 expressions of interest for Green Cert courses around the country. It says that...
Dairy
The current Green Cert does not equip people with enough skill to become successful farmers and needs to be changed,...