Environment
%%excerpt%% The first MSc in organic and biological agriculture in Ireland was launched at Waterford Institute of Technology recently.
Rural Life
Grandparents' wisdom is being embraced by a 23-year-old Cork farmer who recently graduated from WIT with a degree in agricultural science.
Students from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been crowned the winners of the sixth annual Great Agri-Food Debate.
Students completing courses in agricultural science in WIT can be confident that programmes will continue unabated in spite of Covid-19.
Agri-Business
Two days of vigorous and lively debate over some of agriculture's most controversial topics saw UCD come out as this year's champions.
It's a close moustache shave for a lecturer at WIT who has organised a Movember fundraising event with other lecturers and students.
The Australian ambassador to Ireland visited the WIT campus last Friday (March 1), where agricultural innovations were to the fore.
Preparations are well underway for the "Horticulture Open Day" in Kildalton College later this week, according to Waterford IT.
Waterford IT's debating team emerged as the winner of the Great Agri-Food Debate on home turf yesterday evening (Thursday, February 14).
The countdown is on for the fourth Annual Great Agri-Food Debate, with seven teams of agricultural science students currently in preparations.
Grass
Ellen Fitzpatrick will embark on a PhD on grassland management, with a dream of being an agri industry expert.
A Waterford woman is enjoying hectic days on a 2,500-cow New Zealand dairy farm, on a grazing platform of 830ha.
"When country people hear my accent, they don't believe me. I have to take out my phone and show photographs," said Dubliner Ciaran Caffrey.
The Department of Justice has been called on to consider amendments to the scheme introduced to help local communities install CCTV systems.
UCD was crowned the winning team of the third annual Great Agri-Food Debate following a five-college showdown at WIT.
Students studying food and agriculture at five Irish third-level colleges will take part in the upcoming third annual Great Agri-Food Debate.
While forestry may not seem an obvious choice for a woman - particularly one who got 510 points in exams - Stacey Bradley revels in her job.
The winners of the annual Dairymaster Agricultural Science awards at Waterford IT (WIT) have been announced.
The number of applications to level 8 ag science courses this year has dropped by 36% on the previous year, figures from the CAO show.
