Rural Life
Sportsturf management is the first of five apprenticeship programmes launched in the agriculture and horticulture.
A range of development work is planned for the 250ac dairy farm at Glenstal Abbey in Murroe, Co. Limerick.
Agri-Business
An employee can cost almost €6,000 which is non-work related, Teagasc's financial specialist, Kevin Connolly has reported.
The statistics show that those most vulnerable on farm account for well over three of every ten farm deaths
The Irish farming industry is lacking practically trained farm managers, according to the Irish Farm Managers' Chairman Gerry Twomey.
Dairy
Young farmers who come home too soon after completing their agricultural education are making a mistake, according to Kevin Twomey.
The ceasing of the Farm Apprenticeship Scheme in 2002 has had a negative impact on the number of trained farm managers.
