Pig/Poultry
UCD professor researches effects of adding seaweed to pigs' diet
Growing up in west Clare, John O’Doherty remembers his father feeding carrageen seaweed to calves. “We laughed as he boasted...
Pig/Poultry
Growing up in west Clare, John O’Doherty remembers his father feeding carrageen seaweed to calves. “We laughed as he boasted...
Rural Life
While frequently dismissed as fodder for sheep and cattle, kale is coming to notice as a wonder vegetable, used in...
Dairy
Padraig Keane milks 126 cows with his father John in Kilcormac, Co. Offaly. Having started out with a six-unit temporary parlour, milking...
Beef
By Catherine Hurley, Agricultural Science student at University College Dublin I arrived in Londrina, Brazil, on May 5 for six...
Dairy
University College Dublin (UCD) has appointed Dr. Edmond Harty, CEO of Dairymaster, as Adjunct Full Professor at the School of...
Rural Life
A total of €50,000 has been raised for charity by the UCD Agricultural Science Society (AgSoc) through a range of fundraising...
Tillage
University College Dublin’s (UCD’s) School of Agriculture and Food Science hosted a seminar on Wednesday, April 19, titled: ‘Using Drones...
Grass
The methane produced by ruminant animals in Ireland can account for 60% of the total agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, according...
Rural Life
A pedigree Charolais heifer is to be raffled off in the coming weeks by the Agricultural Science Society (AgSoc) in University...
Dairy
The dairy research herd at UCD’s Lyons Estate, consisting of 60 cows, has just completed its first full year of...
Beef
The open cutting castration method for bulls has the most benefits when compared to other methods, according to Veterinary Lecturer at...
Agri-Business
A Tillage Business Manager with Glanbia, Charlie Purcell, has won the top project award in the UCD diploma course in...
Agri-Business
Applications are now open for the Bord Bia Marketing Fellowship and Origin Green Ambassador programmes which aim to find future food...
Sheep
A joint research project between Teagasc and UCD has discovered a strain of Rumen Fluke on a Irish sheep farm...
Rural Life
UCD launched a new four-year Agricultural Systems Technology undergraduate degree programme at today’s Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and...
Agri-Business
A strategic research partnership worth €17.6m has been announced between Origin Enterprises and University College Dublin. A dedicated digital, precision agriculture...
Agri-Business
The UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science received a major award recognising outstanding leadership in agricultural education and training...
Rural Life
Over 200 young farmers and farmettes will start agricultural science in UCD in September. But what advice can former graduates...