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Agri Careers: fewer students want to study ag courses – so what does the future?
Sarah McIntosh
With a significant fall in first preferences for agriculture courses, we speak to educational bodies and professionals about the impact it could have on the industry, writes Sarah McIntosh.
22 July 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: three ag science graduates, three years on
Darragh Giblin, Tommy O'Sullivan and Niamh Keane are this week's guests on the Young Stock podcast.
8 July 2024 News
Ireland’s €14.5bn food exports in danger - ASA
The ASA has said that Ireland is facing a potential loss of between 750,000 and 1m hectares of food producing farmland.
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
5 June 2024 Northern Ireland
Agri Careers: Teagasc to develop strategy to encourage agri qualifications
Teagasc is looking into course offerings to ensure they meet the evolving needs of students and the agri sector, writes Sarah McIntosh.
5 June 2024 Careers
Highlighting all Macra has to offer
The future of Macra will be safe in the hands of bright, enthusiastic young people, writes Josephine O’Neill.
22 May 2024 Community
Agri tech is 'everything from a fancy shovel to artificial intelligence'
The Agricultural Science Association hosted 'The future of Irish agriculture through agtech' at UCD Lyons in conjunction with AgTech UCD and AgTech Ireland on Tuesday.
22 May 2024 News
Ag science teachers share top tips for this year's Leaving Cert
Three agricultural science teachers give their top tips to help students in the final weeks of preparation for the Leaving Certificate exam, writes Sarah McIntosh.
22 May 2024 Careers
Agri Careers: developing future Agri Leaders
Twenty professionals from different sectors of the agri-food industry have completed the ASA Future Agri Leaders course, encompassing theoretical and practical learning, writes Sarah McIntosh.
15 May 2024 Careers
Agri Careers: 'I was forced to move to study veterinary medicine'
Like many Irish students hoping to become vets, Emma Sherlock has started her first year of veterinary medicine abroad, writes Sarah McIntosh.
1 May 2024 Education
From Scotland to New Zealand: the Irish students on placement abroad
UCD student Peter Dunne from Kilkenny is on college placement with Grimme, a UK company that manufactures agricultural machinery in the field of potatoes, beet and vegetable technology.
1 May 2024 News
AgSoc to raffle off fertiliser
The charities that AgSoc are raising funds for this year include Embrace Farm and the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.
1 May 2024 Dealer