Event: Agricultural Science

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Number of animals ‘not relevant to climate change issue’

The debate on ‘more or less animals in Ireland’ is not relevant to dealing with the global challenge of climate change, says Teagasc scientist Rogier Schulte.

farming

Vision to make it on global scale

farming

It's no longer a world of full and plenty

business

Coveney keen to revive sugar beet industry despite department cuts

business

Potential for infant formula exports to top discussion at ASA conference

business

Food Harvest report ‘heralds dairy growth’

Fears budget cuts could turn Teagasc into ‘zombie organisation’

TEAGASC could becomea zombie research and development organisation if some of the cuts now being mooted for its budget go ahead, it was claimed yesterday.

Sat, 12 Sep, 2009

Cowen to speak at ASA conference with cutbacks to dominate agenda

THE impact of Government cutbacks on the employment of agricultural graduates is one of the key items for discussion at the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) annual conference on September 11.

Tue, 25 Aug, 2009

Group to drive R&D in food sector

AN INDUSTRY-LED group to drive the research agenda in food and underpin the development of the Irish food industry has been set up by the Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2007

Farmers need greater financial incentives to substitute turf with renewable energy crops

SUBSTITUTING turf with renewable energy crops as a source of electricity generation would create a new land use for farmers, according to an expert in the field.

Sat, 09 Sep, 2006