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Careers: Tyrone teens win ABP Challenge for passing on sustainable farming
Sarah McIntosh
The 2024 ABP Angus Youth Challenge final saw two students from Aughnacloy College, Co Tyrone taking home first prize, writes Sarah McIntosh.
6 November 2024 Education
Careers: ‘There are many opportunities and benefits within the sector’
As part of the ASA travel bursary series, Brona McCabe from the Dundalk Institute of Technology talks about her experience working on JF Cobb & Sons dairy farm in Dorset, England.
6 November 2024 Recruitment
Careers: Government needs to do more for dealerships
Ahead of this year’s FTMTA Farm Machinery Show, labour shortages and interest rates are two of the challenges facing the sector, writes Sarah McIntosh.
Rural Affairs: why we need to talk more about farm succession
The tricky subject of farm succession causes conflict in many families, but can be avoided with early conversations on the subject, says dairy farmer Anne-Marie Ryan from Co Tipperary.
6 November 2024 Features
Careers: ‘the biggest barrier to STEM is lack of funding’
Ahead of Science Week, we take a look at some of the local initiatives that are emphasising the importance of STEM to people of all ages, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Education
Careers: Movers and shakers
We take a look at some of the recent appointments across the agri jobs market, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Recruitment
Careers: AgTechUCD announces start-ups to take part in accelerator programme
The 12-week hybrid initiative is dedicated to assisting new companies in the ag tech and agri food sectors, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Careers
Careers: women are an integral part of any family farm
The role of women on farms is a key part of our Women & Agriculture conference. Here five farmers tell their story.
23 October 2024 Careers
Careers: calving over 1,000 cows on a grass-based system in England
As part of the ASA travel bursaries series, UCD student Shane O’Brien from Co Leitrim talks about his time on dairy farms in Saskatchewan, Canada and Sansaw Dairy, Shrewsbury.
23 October 2024 Education
Careers: support for innovative green solutions include a bovine breathalyser
Offaly-based Agri Data Analytics is among the nine start-ups participating in Accelerate Green START programme, writes Sarah McIntosh.
23 October 2024 Education
Careers: Aid Avengers providing care within community
Fifth-year students from a rural area in Co Cork, are providing people in their community with the basic skills needed to save lives, writes Sarah McIntosh.
16 October 2024 Education
Careers: new project pairs teenage girls with female mentors
A new mentorship programme aims to increase confidence and enhance resilience among teenage girls around the country, writes Sarah McIntosh
16 October 2024 Education