Biological control of pests in action #agscience MsMullenAgScience breed hassett SligoRobotman PDST Sciences

A great educational experience for 6th Year Ag students from St Oliver's CC today, visiting Andrew Purcell dairy farm. We saw grassland management & environmental initiatives in practice, technology in agriculture with a rotary parlour, drafting gates and more.

Second stop for 6th year St Oliver's CC ag science students was Ballymakenny Farm® where Marie explained the challenges and rewards of niche maekets and artisan produce. Check out the video of the biodiversity buffer zone...listen to the pollinators. Amazing stuff.

Animal welfare, technology in Ag, health and safety, great photo for students. Super Tweet, keep them coming for the non farming Ag students out there! 🐄🐑

5th year students given a white board, marker & pipe cleaners to represent chromosomes. They had to model each stage of mitosis. This group in particular enjoy activities. Pipe cleaners make them mimic movement and separation. Surprisingly effective at uncovering misconceptions.

Nutrition. breed hassett MsMullenAgScience SligoRobotman Ms S Caherly....this years brief and paper

Linking soil strand with cross cutting theme of nutrition. Subject of a short question on the 2022 paper. Also an avenue for current 5th year brief on natural resources.

Taking the Monday out of Monday morning. Thanks @SOCCAgScience for bringing this great bunch of 5th Yr Ag students from St Oliver's CC to the farm. They've just finished their "potato" module, so lots to talk about. Nothing wrong with a bit of alternative thinking😆 #purplepotatoes

Agriculture protecting our natural resources #iis for current 5th years. Great picture to get the conversation started in class. breed hassett MsMullenAgScience Ms S Caherly Marie Ruane

A potential area of questioning for the 2023 Ag paper perhaps ...the theme of the brief is nutrition....

It's a bit early in the morning for me to list why this table of data is a must for the ag science classroom, but it definitely is....

Hi All, I know it can be like shouting into a void on Twitter these days, but I would really appreciate a RT. Our #SpudLove Gift Boxes are only available to order online until midnight tonight …llymakennyfarm.clickandcollection.com it will just be collection from the farm orders after that❤️❤️

5th year IIS inspiration....SligoRobotman breed hassett MsMullenAgScience PDST POST PRIMARY STEM

5th year IIS alert

TY students from St Oliver's CC had a great day and represented their school with pride. The future is bright with young ladies like these promoting Irish agriculture and the Irish Angus breed. LMETB Further Education and Training Certified Irish Angus

5th year Ag science IIS alert.....

Fellow Ag Science teachers....Oide are running an Ag Science lab day in St. Oliver's CC in Drogheda this Saturday 23rd September. Covering several SPAs from the course and some activities applicable to the IIS and other learning outcomes. 🐮🐷🌱🚜

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5th Year St Oliver's CC students learning about all things spud related with Maria Ballymakenny Farm® with some regenerative ag thrown in! We even left with samples of the now famous Violetta Red Emmalie and Dunbarr potatoes. There's no better example of a niche ag market anywhere.

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