Environment
'Everybody wants a sustainable, healthy deer population'
A leading wildlife researcher believes that the general consensus on deer management in Ireland is to have a sustainable and...
UCD
Tillage
Research: Compliance with pesticide-use regulations is high
Recent research has allowed Irish farmers to reflect on how they implement the various European Union (EU) pesticide-use directives. The...
Tillage News
G20 discussions on Wheat Initiative continue apace
The Wheat Initiative (WI) stands out as one of the most coordinated projects, conceived to address the challenge of future...
Agri-Business
65% of registered vets qualified in Ireland
65% of vets registered to practice in Ireland qualified here, according to the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Veterinary...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats relaunches management programme with UCD
Dawn Meats has announced the return of its Management Development Programme run in association with University College Dublin (UCD). The...
Pig/Poultry
Academic urges government to takes needs of agri more seriously
University College Dublin (UCD) academic, Prof. Patrick Wall, wants the Irish government to take the needs of agriculture more seriously....
Pig/Poultry
Research: Native grains specifically treated boost pig performance
Ongoing research is confirming that native grains, treated with a specific mix of organic acids, will act to boost growing...
Rural Life
Study finds good work organisation on-farm can reduce hours
A study involving 55 Irish dairy farms has found that attention to how work is organised can significantly reduce work...
Agri-Business
Agriculture minister addresses students at UCD careers day
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue officially opened the University College Dublin (UCD) Agriculture, Food Science...
Dairy News
New €4.8m state-of-the-art facility planned for UCD Lyons Farm
University College Dublin (UCD) has today (Monday, December 5) announced the commencement of a €4.8 million project to construct a...
Agri-Business
Queen's University, AFBI and UCD team up for bTB project
A new all-island research project that will examine the factors behind persistent bTB has been launched. It will be the...
Rural Life
Survey finds climate policies biggest stress factor for farmers
Government policies designed to reduce climate change have been identified as the top stress factor among farmers, a survey conducted...
Rural Life
Some farmers feel 'they were scapegoated for climate change' - UCD research
Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have been working to identify risk factors for poor mental health and suicide among...
Veterinary
UCD vet school celebrates two decades at Belfield campus
The University College Dublin (UCD) School of Veterinary Medicine has marked 20 years since its move to UCD’s Belfield campus. The vet...
Agri-Business
AgTech and Enterprise Ireland to run 'agri-tech' exports discussion group
AgTech Ireland and Enterprise Ireland will run a series of discussion groups on exporting for agricultural technology companies, the first...
Forestry
UCD to run free tree felling licence webinar
A panel of forestry experts will speak at a webinar on the barriers to tree felling licences, run by University...
Agri-Business
Autonomous robot start-up among UCD AgTech winners
Three companies – Cotter Agritech, ProvEye and Izario – have been announced as winners of University College Dublin’s (UCD) inaugural...
Agri-Business
UCD ag student to embark on six-month fellowship in California
A student at the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Agriculture and Food Science has been awarded a six-month fellowship in...
