Dairy
Mountbellew given planning permission for new dairy facility
Mountbellew Agricultural College has received planning permission from Galway County Council for a new dairy facility at its campus. Galway...
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Rural Life
Mountbellew Agricultural Show celebrates 120th anniversary
Having attracted record crowds last year, Mountbellew Agricultural Show – this year celebrating its 120th anniversary – will take place...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Sheep
Watch: Sheep shearing championships at Mountbellew
The 2024 all-Ireland and all nations sheep shearing and woolhandling championships took place at Mountbellew, Co. Galway over the bank...
Rural Life
ATU Mountbellew open day for agricultural courses
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Mountbellew will hold an open day for prospective agricultural students on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The...
Rural Life
Mountbellew Franciscans appeal for agricultural equipment
The Franciscans at Mountbellew, Co. Galway, are appealing for farm equipment for their new agricultural college in north-west Uganda. A...
Rural Life
Agricultural show in the west of Ireland enters its 113th year
Mountbellew Agricultural Show in Co. Galway – which takes place on Saturday, September 16 – is entering into its 113th...
Sheep
Sheep farmers urged to think value, not volume
Any policy that focuses on increasing sheep numbers is bad news for sheep farmers, according to the sheep chairman of...
Environment
Mountbellew students now eligible to become GLAS advisors
Mountbellew Agricultural College has been approved to offer the Level 8 Agriculture and Environment Management course, allowing students and graduates to...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
One ag college left with full-time Green Cert course vacancies
Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co Galway is holding a late entrance exam for its Fetac Level 5 (Green Cert) course...
Rural Life
Galway man wins AIB Teagasc Farm Business Plan Award
Damien McGrath, from Co. Galway, has won the AIB/Teagasc All Ireland Best Farm Business Plan Award. The Mountbellew Agricultural College student...
Environment
Department review confirms Mountbellew students don’t qualify for GLAS planning
Graduates of Mountbellew Agricultural College do not meet the educational requirements to qualify as a GLAS planner, a review of...