Rural Life
Minding your head on the farm: Mental health workshop to be run for farmers
An online workshop aimed at advising on the potential mental health risks facing farmers as lone workers is being run...
Skillnet
Rural Life
Vet changes career direction after Rejuvenate programme
A woman who worked as a vet for many years was able to change career direction after participating in the...
Agri-Business
Covid-19 and the workplace: 2 free online training courses launched
Two free online Covid-19 safety training courses for management and employees have been launched by the Irish Cooperative Organisation Society...
Agri-Business
Co-ops launch online learning programmes...for free
A series of free online and blended learning initiatives are to be rolled out to support the cooperative sector, its...
Agri-Business
Skillnet Ireland cited as 'best practice' by European Commission
The Skillnet Ireland programme has been cited as a “best practice” example of industry-led training in a report by the...
Rural Life
Most farmers use someone else to submit BPS applications
A majority of farmers use other persons to submit online applications on their behalf for the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS),...
Rural Life
Agri media has 'greatest influence on farmer tech decisions' - IFA
Agricultural related media has a strong influence on farmers when it comes to the adoption of farming technologies, according to...
Agri-Business
Kiwi cunning: Need to brush up on your dairy agri-business skills?
A series of agri-business seminars for dairy farm business owners, given by a New Zealand based agri-business consultant, is being...
Rural Life
Updated farm skills training programme launched by Skillnet
An updated farm skills and training programme for summer/autumn 2018 has been launched by Macra Agricultural Skillnet. This year will...
Agri-Business
Co-op management programme bears fruit with first graduations
A group of 16 Glanbia branch staff have successfully completed a newly-established ‘Management Development Programme’. This course was designed especially...
Agri-Business
Farm finance and agribusiness employer seminars to take place next week
There will be a number of seminars taking place next week on the topics of farm finance and agribusiness employer...
Rural Life
'Leaders of tomorrow': Pilot agri-business course tipped for success
The first participants of a new course designed to prepare young professionals to lead small to medium sized agri-businesses graduated...
Agri-Business
Practical prowess: Upgrading your on-the-ground farm skills
Training sessions and education days are scheduled to take place over the coming weeks for a range of practical farm...
Rural Life
Feel the need to brush up on your farm skills?
Do you feel there’s a gap in your skill-set for running your farm? It could be a technical weakness, a...
Rural Life
Young Beef Farmer Sustainability Programme launched
The Young Beef Farmer Sustainability Programme (YBFSP) has been launched by Macra na Feirme’s Young Farmer Skillnet, in association with...
Agri-Business
New 'farm certs' for young farmers launched by Macra
Macra na Ferime has launched the Young Farmer Skillnet, which is an informal training programme available to young farmers. It...