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Online platform for farmers to sell agri-waste launched

March 27, 2019

Dubbed the “Tinder of agri-waste”, a new website called ‘Agrocycle Marketplace’ – which allows farmers and food producers to sell their waste to…

EPA and UCD partner for schools environmental competition

February 27, 2019

Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and University College Dublin (UCD) are partnering for the third year of an environmental competition for secondary school…

Applications open for Bord Bia food and drink scholarships

February 24, 2019

Rural Life

Applications are now being accepted for a series of food and drink postgraduate scholarship programmes, offered by Bord Bia and the Michael Smurfit…

Is grass-fed beef a ‘cut’ above the rest?

December 11, 2018

Beef

Investigating whether grass-fed beef is better than other types of beef for consumers was the focus of a Department of Agriculture, Food and…

UCD ranked 5th in Europe for agricultural science

November 5, 2018

Other

Agricultural sciences at University College Dublin has been placed fifth in Europe, and 19th globally, according to one world ranking. UCD is the…

Conference notes Brexit’s effect on market diversification

October 12, 2018

Agri-Business

The effect of Brexit and how it is accelerating the sector’s exploration of priority growth markets was one of the key points discussed…

KT Conference 2018: ‘Through eyes of the next generation’

September 17, 2018

Rural Life

Learning and innovation from the perspective of future generations will be the focus of the upcoming Knowledge Transfer (KT) Conference 2018, which is…

UCD names agricultural student tragically killed in Canadian car crash

July 23, 2018

Agri-Business

The University College Dublin (UCD) agricultural student who was tragically killed in a road accident in Canada last week has been named as…

Tributes paid to leading figure of Irish agricultural economics

July 23, 2018

Agri-Business

Tributes have been made to mark the passing of highly-revered former Professor of Agricultural Economics at University College Dublin (UCD), Seamus Sheehy. Prof.…

UCD Agricultural Science student dies in road accident in Canada

July 22, 2018

Rural Life

A 21-year-old Agricultural Science student from University College Dublin (UCD) has tragically died in a road accident in Canada, AgriLand understands. The student,…

Revamped UCD master’s on offer for agri-food graduates

July 18, 2018

Agri-Business

A part-time master’s degree has been launched in association with Macra Agricultural Skillnet in Dublin recently. The supported Master of Science in Agricultural…

Agri students raise record-breaking €60,000 for chosen charities

May 23, 2018

Rural Life

UCD’s Agricultural Science Society (AgSoc) students recently handed over a record-breaking donation of €60,000 to their two chosen charities, 22q11 Ireland and Pieta…

Reseeding: What grass varieties should I use?

May 8, 2018

Grass

After identifying poor-performing paddocks, the next step is to choose a grass variety which will best suit the system on the farm. Farmers…

Why is reseeding paddocks in spring or early summer better?

May 6, 2018

Grass

Now that we have technically entered summer, farmers can turn their attention to reseeding poor-performing paddocks – if grass supplies permit. The value…