Teagasc urges home farm training

Dublin: The review of the Teagasc education and training provision, which makes 14 key recommendations, was welcomed at an annual training conference in Dublin yesterday for master farmers and hosts.

Director of training in Teagasc, Donal Carey, said one of the recommendations is that the work placement element of agricultural training courses should be shortened in length through the introduction of home farm placement.

“This is in recognition of the needs and demands of both those intending to become full-time farmers and those planning to enter farming on a part-time basis,” he said.