On 10th October 2018 third
year students of the BSc in Biological Sciences Education went on an
agricultural science field trip to Co. Tipperary. The day was organised
by Dr Ken Byrne and Mr Con Traas. Field trips are vital to translate lecture
and laboratory to the real world of agriculture. The trip began with a visit to
Annaveigh plants near New Inn where we learned about the use of marigold to control
nematodes in soil. The soil theme continues at the next stop where Richard
Thomson Moore discussed the impact of the unseasonal spring and summer weather
in 2018 on his cereal crop.
After lunch we visited the Apple Farm with owner
Con Traas.
We learned all about fruit production from root stocks through to
bottling.
See
a tweet thread of the day at https://twitter.com/IrelandsFarmers/status/1049922050272481280 as
Con was tweeting from the @irelandsfarmers account on the day of the trip.
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