Examples of courses recently held are REPS, introduction to farm forestry, sprayer operation, food safety, cash in on grass, meeting the new milk quality standards, cutting input costs, dealing with CAP changes. Special Women's 20 Hour Courses are also provided to meet the special training needs of rural women who very often keep farm records and are involved in the management of farms and farmyard enterprises. Local women's interest groups are consulted when the course content is being decided. Any group of women who perceive a training need should contact their local Teagasc training centre. The main areas of interest have been farm management, health and safety, alternative sources of income, EU payments, succession and inheritance, stress management, social welfare, personal development, taxation.
Women are also the main attenders at rural enterprise courses.