Six UCD Dairy Business students receive scholarships
On Tuesday 3rd July 2012 six UCD Dairy Business students received scholarships valued at €500 generously supported by FBD and the Irish Farmers Journal.
Pictured at the Irish Farm Centre on Tuesday, 3rd July 2012 at the presentation of the Irish Farmers Journal scholarships to Dairy Business students are: John Grogan, Irish Farmers Journal; Nicky Byrne, Galway; Niall Brennan, Louth; Robert Lynes, Cork and Dr Karina Pierce, UCD Dairy Business Programme Coordinator.
Nicky, Niall and Robert received scholarships valued at €500, which are generously sponsored by the Irish Farmers Journal.
Pictured at the presentation of the FBD travel scholarships to UCD Dairy Business students were Conor Goulson, FBD, Nigel Daunt from Cork, Kate Bugler from Clare, James Moloney from Cork and Dr Karina Pierce. Nigel, Kate and Claire also received scholarships valued at €500, which are generously sponsored by FBD.
The Dairy Business degree programme was developed in 2009 in response to major changes taking place in the dairy industry throughout the world. The programme is designed to provide students entering the dairy industry (dairy farming or supporting industries) with a high level of scientific, technical and business skills and has been developed following extensive consultation with relevant stakeholders.
The Irish dairy industry makes a major contribution to the Irish economy adding in excess of €2bn to food exports and employing approximately 20,000 dairy farmers, 8,500 employees in the processing industry and supporting an additional 4,500 positions in ancillary services. It is predicted that the Irish dairy industry will undergo significant change over the coming years with a contraction in dairy farm numbers but a significant expansion in farm and herd size, which will be accelerated by the abolition of the dairy quota in 2015. These changes will bring with them opportunities and this programme is designed to equip future leaders in the dairy industry with the necessary knowledge and skills base to cope with this business and enterprise expansion.