The Green Cert is the basic agricultural qualification necessary to qualify as a young, trained farmer.

Irish-based businesses are recruiting and expanding across a wide range of sectors. Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

Three out of four dairy farmers currently using automatic drafting have said it was a great investment.

Exports of Irish dairy products and ingredients have risen to over €4bn in 2018, having averaged €1.84bn from 2007 to 2009, thousands of farmers heard at Teagasc Dairy Open Day, at Moorepark, in Fermoy, Co Cork.

A national open Day will take place in Teagasc Moorepark next Wednesday, July 3.

The 30% growth in dairy cow numbers has created opportunities and challenges, say the hosts of the Teagasc Moorepark 2019 Open Day, taking place on Wednesday, July 3.

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has reiterated his commitment to eradication of bovine TB in Ireland by 2030.

Coca-Cola has confirmed it is in "regular discussions" about enhancing its presence in Ireland but remained tight-lipped about reports it is looking to create a dairy plant in Cork.

A recent report from New Zealand indicated that many farmers there blamed the introduction if supplementary feeding, in order to improve output per cow, for the precarious financial position that they now find themselves in.

The milking process should be recognised as the most important operation on the dairy farm.

It costs €1.19 to bed a 200kg suckler calf for a week, using straw priced at €25 for a 150kg bale. Woodchip costs €1.07, and peat is a fairly trouble-free bedding material which costs only €0.87, according to the latest Teagasc advice.

It's either a feast or a famine, as the saying goes. But the Government delivered a little bit of both during its Cabinet meeting in Cork today.

You’re called up by the Clare senior hurlers. You stroll into the dressing room your first night and you want to make friends. Shane O’Donnell, hat-trick hero of the 2013 All-Ireland final replay: you’ll chat to him, maybe about what he’s at in UCC.

Cork-based Atlantia provides clinical research for companies on the health benefits of their products

Last month was the warmest June of the decade so far in most of Ireland, but many parts of the country also endured much more rain than average.

Farmers with more pasture than usual closed up for late silage this face a scarcity for grazing unless we get very good summer growth.

I have been promoting clover since the late 1980s, and it looks like the job of convincing farmers to avail of the benefits of clover will be easier in future — up to €160 per cow extra profit easier.

Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Nofima in Norway are to form a partnership that will see the two agencies share knowledge on adding value to their national seafood products.

There was a pleasant social event in Moorepark recently where current and former staff assembled for the launch of “Moorepark Memories”, a 258-page photographic record of the people and events that transformed what was a derelict Land Commission farm in 1959 into today’s technology centre with more than 300 people employed.

AnaBio achieved growth of 150% by helping food producers deliver nutrients, and is now investing in expansion, writes Trish Dromey.

Feeding calves milk once per day (OAD) from three weeks of age had no impact on calf weight at 77 days.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the first motorway service station to be built in Cork county.