Environment
MSc in organic and biological agriculture for WIT
The first MSc in organic and biological agriculture in Ireland was launched at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) by Pippa...
WIT
Rural Life
Grandparents' wisdom embraced by Cork farmer
Grandparents’ wisdom is being embraced by a 23-year-old west Cork farmer, who recently graduated from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)...
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Transform your calf rearing with a JFC automatic feeder
We recently caught up with Richard Lowe who is a dairy farmer from Adare, Co. Limerick, who shares how the...
Rural Life
WIT crowned winner of 2021 Great Agri-Food Debate in first virtual event
Students from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been crowned the winners of the sixth annual Great Agri-Food Debate. The...
Rural Life
Ag Science: WIT to operate on 'key principles' in September
Students completing courses in agricultural science in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) can be confident that programmes will continue unabated...
Agri-Business
UCD smashes subsidy debate to come out tops at the Great Agri-Food Debate
Two days of vigorous and lively debate over some of agriculture’s most controversial topics saw University College Dublin (UCD) come out...
Rural Life
WIT team set for close Movember moustache shave
It’s a close moustache shave for a lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) who has has organised a Movember...
Agri-Business
Australian ambassador visits WIT for agri-technology talks
Richard Andrews, the Australian ambassador to Ireland, visited the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) campus last Friday (March 1), where...
Rural Life
Preparations for horticulture open day underway in 'sunny south-east'
Preparations are well underway for the “Horticulture Open Day” in Kildalton College later this week, according to education partner Waterford...
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Farmer Wellbeing Board offers support to those in need
“A picture paints a thousand words” – this well-known phrase perfectly captures the essence of the Farmer Wellbeing Board, designed...
Agri-Business
Waterford IT comes out on top in the Great Agri-Food Debate
Waterford IT’s debating team emerged as the winner of the Great Agri-Food Debate on home turf yesterday evening (Thursday, February...
Rural Life
'Magnificent 7': Great Agri-Food Debate continues momentum
The countdown is on for the fourth Annual Great Agri-Food Debate, with seven teams of agricultural science students currently in...
Grass
'The dream is to be an agri industry expert in grassland'
Although she is not from a farming background, Ellen Fitzpatrick will embark on a PhD on grassland management in Teagasc,...
Rural Life
'Life on a 2,500-cow dairy farm is hectic': Waterford woman
Working on a 2,500-cow dairy farm based on a grazing platform of 830ha and milking through an 80-bale rotary parlour...
Rural Life
'Farming is a big part of my life': Dubliner Ciaran Caffrey
“When country people hear my accent, they don’t believe me at all. Most of the time, I have to take...
Rural Life
'Urgent rethink needed' as only 4% of CCTV scheme funding used
It’s time for Minister Flanagan and the Department of Justice to consider amendments to the scheme introduced to help local...
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Transition milk replacer-fed heifer calves produce more milk in 1st lactation
Heifer calves fed a transition milk replacer in their first 10 days of life produced a remarkable 947L more milk...
Rural Life
UCD retains crown at 2018 Great Agri-Food Debate
UCD was crowned the winning team of the third annual Great Agri-Food Debate, organised by Dawn Meats and McDonald’s Ireland,...
Rural Life
Third time's a charm: Great Agri-Food Debate swells to 5 participating colleges
Students studying food and agriculture at five leading Irish third-level colleges will take part in the third annual Great Agri-Food...
Rural Life
'It would be wonderful to see more women pursuing forestry at third level'
While forestry may not be seen as an obvious choice for a woman – particularly one who got 510 points...
Rural Life
Agricultural science student award winners announced
The winners of the annual Dairymaster Agricultural Science awards at the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been announced. David...